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“TATARS” AND THE “STATE OF THE TATARS” IN OLD NORSE-ICELANDIC LITERATURE

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение
Research objective: The purpose of this study is to present the entire body of information about the Tatars and the Tatar State contained in Old Norse-Icelandic literature.Research materials: The materials are the works of Old Norse-Icelandic writing of ...
Jackson T.N., Litovskikh E.V.
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The perception of Old Norse literature in modern Icelandic children’s literature [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2018
In Icelandic children’s literature of the years 2000−2010, the texts that make use of the subjects of Old Norse literature are not very common, but their importance is undeniable.
Markelova Olga
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What do they talk about “in fair words” in Old Norse-Icelandic literature?

open access: yesШаги
The paper analyses the use of the paroemia at mæla fagrt ok hyggja flátt (to speak fairly and to think falsely) in the Old Norse-Icelandic literary corpus, focusing both on the paroemia and its derivative — the representation of the characters’ eloquence
D. S. Glebova
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Sagas and genre: a case for application of network analysis to manuscripts preserving Old Norse-Icelandic saga literature [PDF]

open access: yesDigital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2023
This study applies statistical approaches to the analysis of the genre relationships of Old Norse-Icelandic literature in order to expand our understanding of the relationships between works, their transmission, and their possible modes of reception, as ...
Kapitan, Katarzyna Anna, Wills, Tarrin
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Guðbrandur Vigfússon as an editor of Old Norse-Icelandic literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Guðbrandur Vigfússon, an Icelander born in Galtardalur, Dalasýsla, was without doubt one of the most influential scholars of Old Norse studies of his day.
Bjork   +8 more
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Þingeyrar Abbey in Northern Iceland: A Benedictine Powerhouse of Cultural Heritage

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Þingeyrar Abbey was founded in 1133 and dissolved in the wake of the Lutheran Reformation (1550), to virtually disappear with time from the face of the earth.
Gottskálk Jensson
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"Abriendo las puertas a un mundo inexplorado": las primeras traducciones de la poesía escáldica en español

open access: yesImpossibilia: Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios, 2021
This paper contributes to a growing body of research investigating the role of translations in the post-medieval reception of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
Edel PORTER
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The Emergence of Rationality in the Icelandic Sagas: The Colossal Misunderstanding of the Viking Lore in Contemporary Popular Culture

open access: yesHumanities, 2022
For a long time now, Old Norse literature has often been colonized and misappropriated by modern right-wing political groups for their own ideology, symbolism, and public appearance.
Albrecht Classen
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Sigurðar saga fóts (The Saga of Sigurðr Foot): A Translation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the first English translation of the short Icelandic romance Sigurðar saga fóts, with an introduction presenting the evidence for its dating and immediate literary context.
Hall, ATP   +21 more
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Remembering Heathen Women in Medieval Icelandic Literature

open access: yesScandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2021
: Several Icelandic texts from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries depict female characters from the pre-Christian past. In both poetry and prose, these heathen women are often portrayed as recalling the old, pre ...
Ann Sheffield
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