Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Written in Old Norse, it is, along with the Historia Norvegiæ, one of the Norwegian synoptic histories. [ 1 ] The preserved text starts with the death of Hálfdan svarti (c. 860) and ends with the accession of Ingi krókhryggr (1136) but the original is thought to have covered a longer period, probably up to the reign of Sverrir (1184–1202).
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.
Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse religion was a folk religion (as opposed to an organized religion), and its main purpose was the survival and regeneration of society. Therefore, the faith was decentralized and tied to the village and the family ...
Norges Kongesagaer Edited by Gustav Storm and Alexander Bugge Illustrated by Gerhard Munthe (1914). Kings' sagas (Icelandic: konungasögur, Nynorsk: kongesoger, -sogor, Bokmål: kongesagaer) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic kings, also known as saga kings.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Norsemen; Retrieved from " ...
Wikipedia: WikiProject Norse history and culture/Popular pages. ... Download as PDF; ... Norse mythology in popular culture: 1,434: 47 Start: Low:
Olav Tryggvason kåres til Norges konge (1860) by Peter Nicolai Arbo.. The Norse history and culture WikiProject is a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the history, culture, language, and religion of the Norse people, both at home in Scandinavia and in their many overseas colonies through the ages, up to the time of the Kalmar Union in 1397.
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Norse culture"