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When dreams come true. The role of dreams in Sagas of the Icelanders
In den Isländersagas spielen die Träume eine bedeutende Rolle, obwohl nicht in allen Isländersagas Träume auftauchen. Der Glaube daran, dass ein erträumtes Ereignis sich erfüllt, ist in diesen Texten weit verbreitet.
Plamper, Franziska
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Pagan Beliefs in Greenland Through the Lens of Sagas
This article investigates the depiction of Norse pagan beliefs in Greenland through the lens of Icelandic sagas, focusing on how medieval Icelanders constructed cultural memory. Rather than offering historical accounts, these sagas – such as
Annette Lassen
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During the thirteenth- and fourteenth-centuries, Icelandic citizens faced one of the most difficult decisions in the history of the Free State. Approximately four hundred years after settling Iceland, the inhabitants of the society watched as their ...
Anderson, Randi
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Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: I. Locating 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America
Haynes R.
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Learning about places and people: Representations of travelling connections and communication situation in the Sagas of Icelanders [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the meaning of sagas in a European context by analyzing certain cultural-historical patterns as revealed in the interaction between sagas and those societies that such texts formed a part of and showed interest ...
Zilmer, Kristel
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Chaos and Love The Philosophy of the Icelandic Family Sagas
FRONT COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- COLOPHONE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 - THE SECOND PATTERN -- Thorolf's Saga -- Egil Skallagrimsson's Saga -- Laxdæla Saga -- A Conflict Arises -- Conflicts Contained -- Irresolvable Conflict at Last -- The Pattern --
Bredsdorff, Thomas.
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Disappearance of Icelandic Walruses Coincided with Norse Settlement. [PDF]
Keighley X +7 more
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The Icelandic database--do modern times need modern sagas? [PDF]
Chadwick R.
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