Translating the Untranslatable: A Comparative Study of Two Modern Language Translations of the Verses of Egils saga Skalla-Grimssonar [PDF]
, 2007 My project analyses the extent to which, though a process of translation (or rewriting), skaldic poetry has been appropriated and manipulated in such a way as to help construct ideas of national identity.
Porter, Edel Maria
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Two Sagas from New Iceland: Reference and Allusion in Gimli Saga and Icelandic River Saga
Scandinavian-Canadian StudiesWhen Manitoba’s Icelandic settler community composed its local history books two of the titles included the term saga: Gimli Saga (1975), authored by The Gimli Women’s Institute, and Icelandic River Saga (1985), authored by local historian Nelson Gerrard.
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Learning about places and people: Representations of travelling connections and communication situation in the Sagas of Icelanders [PDF]
, 2002 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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, 2020 Why did the Icelanders of the 13th century produce such a vivid image of the lives and times of their Viking Age ancestors? This is the question I will try to answer in my lecture.
Tulinius, Torfi H.
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Bright dreams and bitter experiences: dreams in six sagas of Icelanders. [PDF]
, 2005 This thesis is a contribution to the ongoing discussion of dreams in the islendingasogur. Most previous scholarship on this subject has dealt with one of the following: either attempted to identify a scheme to explain the origin of saga dreams (e.g ...
Cochrane, James Alan, Cochrane, J.A.
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Power, Magic and Mythology. : Descriptions of Sami People in Old West Norse Literature [PDF]
, 2018 This master’s degree essays aim was to analyse and to compare the descriptions of Sami people in three different types of sagas: Legendary Sagas, Sagas of Icelanders and Kings’ sagas.
Bollig, Solveig
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Clothing, textiles, and textile work in Snæfellingasögur - a comperhensive analysis [PDF]
, 2018 This thesis was written with clothing, textiles, and textile work inSnæfellingasögur (the sagas of Snæfellsness, a subgroup of the sagas of Icelanders) as its primary focus.
Sepp, Kait
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Ward Elisabeth Ida, Nested Narrative: Þórðar saga hreðu and Material Engagement, [PDF]
, 2014 Ward Elisabeth Ida, Nested Narrative: Þórðar saga hreðu and Material Engagement, Thèse de doctorat soutenue en 2014, (dir. J. Lindow, Université de Californie) Résumé/abstract : Þórðar saga hreðu is an Icelandic saga, of the type usually referred to as
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The Evaluation of Barði’s Theories on the Origin of Icelanders: “Can Icelanders trace their Origins to the Heruli tribe?” [PDF]
According to the Sagas and Landnámabók the origin of Icelanders were Norwegian settlers and Irish slaves. In the early 20th century this theory was challenged by Barði Guðmundsson.
Melkorka Elea Polli 2000-
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Les demoiselles d'islande: on the representation of women in the sagas of Icelanders [PDF]
, 2011 For much of the history of saga scholarship, questions of origins, the role of feud, kinship, and the structure of the society, and its institutions, have been fertile grounds for research.
Crocker, Christopher W. E.
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