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2. Edda - Wikipedia

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   "Edda" (/ ˈ ɛ d ə /; Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur) is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the Prose Edda and an older collection of poems (without an original title) now known as the Poetic Edda.

3. Sagas of Icelanders - Wikipedia

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   The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries ...

4. Echoes of Valhalla - Wikipedia

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   Echoes of Valhalla: The Afterlife of the Eddas and Sagas is a non-fiction book by Jón Karl Helgason. An English-language version, translated by Jane Appleton, was published by Reaktion Books in 2017. The books describes the legacy of Icelandic mythology and sagas and their impact on modern works.

5. Grettis saga - Wikipedia

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   Full text and translations at the Icelandic Saga Database; Icelandic Saga Map – an online digital map with the geo-referenced texts of all of the Íslendingasögur; Proverbs in Grettis saga; Gísla saga - Another Icelandic saga with a main character who becomes an outlaw. Russell Poole, "Myth, Psychology, and Society in Grettis saga ...

6. Prose Edda - Wikipedia

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   The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Icelandic: Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century. The work is often considered to have been to some extent written, or at least compiled, by the Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker , and historian Snorri ...

7. Iceland volcano – live: Almost 100 earthquakes strike in ...

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   Almost 100 earthquakes shook Iceland from midnight today, as the country remains apprehensive about an imminent eruption.. The strongest earthquake with a magnitude of 3.35 hit Vatnafjoll in South ...

8. Heimskringla - Wikipedia

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   Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas.It was written in Old Norse in Iceland.While authorship of Heimskringla is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) c. 1230.

9. Iceland volcano – live: Experts reveal exact location for ...

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   Iceland’s new #1 selfie spot may have emerged out of ground despite volcano threat. 120 earthquakes overnight. 08:01, Lydia Patrick. Around 120 earthquakes have rocked the areas surrounding the ...