Medievalists.net » Laxdœla saga http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Laxdæla Dreaming: A Saga Heroine Invents Her Own Life http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/laxdaela-dreaming-a-saga-heroine-invents-her-own-life/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/laxdaela-dreaming-a-saga-heroine-invents-her-own-life/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:25:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46964 As palpably true as the interpretation is, even before the truth of Gestr's fourfold prophecy is confirmed by what follows, this dream narrative is not merely a symbolic illustration of the future. It raises many other questions, and in this paper I will discuss some of the ambiguities of GuQrun Osvifrsdottir and her four dreams.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/25/laxdaela-dreaming-a-saga-heroine-invents-her-own-life/feed/ 0 Can Statistics show if the Icelandic Sagas were true? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/can-statistics-show-if-the-icelandic-sagas-are-true/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/can-statistics-show-if-the-icelandic-sagas-are-true/#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:27:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46447 The Icelandic sagas of the Norse people are thousand-year-old chronicles of brave deeds and timeless romances, but how true to Viking life were they?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/can-statistics-show-if-the-icelandic-sagas-are-true/feed/ 0 INTERVIEW: Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:31:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37981 An interview with author Nancy Brown on her latest medieval offering: "Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths".

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/13/interview-song-of-the-vikings-snorri-and-the-making-of-norse-myths/feed/ 0 “Ek Skal Hér Ráða”: Themes of Female Honor in the Icelandic Sagas http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/25/ek-skal-her-rada-themes-of-female-honor-in-the-icelandic-sagas/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/25/ek-skal-her-rada-themes-of-female-honor-in-the-icelandic-sagas/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32128 A major goal of this thesis is to not only interpret the representations of women from these sagas, but also to place these representations in the context of the time and the writers. Icelanders wrote these sagas a couple centuries after the Viking age ended and are based nearly entirely on oral tradition.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/25/ek-skal-her-rada-themes-of-female-honor-in-the-icelandic-sagas/feed/ 0 Njáls saga as a novel: four aspects of rewriting http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/njals-saga-as-a-novel-four-aspects-of-rewriting/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/njals-saga-as-a-novel-four-aspects-of-rewriting/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:35:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28246 Inspired by Njáls saga and Laxdæla saga, the novel Fire in the Ice by American novelist Dorothy James Roberts is one of numerous modern rewritings of classical and medieval literature.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/28/njals-saga-as-a-novel-four-aspects-of-rewriting/feed/ 0 “Ek Skal Hér Ráða”: Themes of Female Honor in the Icelandic Sagas http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/28/%e2%80%9cek-skal-her-ra%c3%b0a%e2%80%9d-themes-of-female-honor-in-the-icelandic-sagas/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/28/%e2%80%9cek-skal-her-ra%c3%b0a%e2%80%9d-themes-of-female-honor-in-the-icelandic-sagas/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:36:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24627 “Ek Skal Hér Ráða”: Themes of Female Honor in the Icelandic Sagas Rivenbark, Susan Elizabeth (University of North Carolina at Wilmington) M.A. Thesis, Appalachian State University, May (2011) Abstract There was a separate and unique code of honor and ethics for women living in Iceland during the Viking Age. What was female honor? Were Icelandic women […]

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