Norse sagas
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Norse sagas are medieval Icelandic prose narratives that recount the legendary heroes, gods, and historical events of the Norse and wider Scandinavian world.
Aliases (7)
- Icelandic sagas ×7
- Egils saga ×1
- Fornaldarsögur ×1
- Icelandic saga literature ×1
- Njáls saga ×1
- Sagas ×1
- Íslendingasögur ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Icelandic literature
→
medieval literature → prose narrative → saga literature → |
| associatedWith |
Icelandic settlers
→
Vikings → |
| containsSubgenre |
bishops' sagas
→
chivalric sagas → contemporary sagas → kings' sagas → legendary sagas → Íslendingasögur → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Iceland
→
|
| culturalContext |
Norse culture
→
Scandinavian culture → |
| describes |
Norse gods
→
Norse world → Scandinavian world → historical events → legendary heroes → |
| developedIn |
medieval Iceland
→
|
| genre |
prose
→
|
| influenced |
Scandinavian national romanticism
→
modern fantasy literature → modern historical novels → |
| influencedBy |
oral tradition
→
skaldic poetry → |
| language |
Old Norse
→
|
| literaryForm |
narrative
→
|
| literaryTradition |
Germanic heroic tradition
→
|
| notableExample |
Egils saga
→
Grettis saga → Heimskringla → Laxdæla saga → Njáls saga → |
| preservedIn |
medieval manuscripts
→
|
| settingLocation |
British Isles
→
Greenland → Iceland → North Atlantic → Norway → |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
→
|
| typicalTheme |
conversion to Christianity
→
exploration → fate → feud → honor → law and justice → |
| writtenBy |
anonymous Icelandic authors
→
|
Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Norse voyages to North America
("Icelandic sagas")
→
Old Norse phonology ("Icelandic sagas") → Viking Age ("Icelandic sagas") → |
documentedIn |
|
Erik the Red
→
Norse → |
associatedWith |
|
Norse sagas
("Njáls saga")
→
Norse sagas ("Egils saga") → |
notableExample |
|
Valkyries
("Sagas")
→
|
appearIn |
|
Norse sagas
("Íslendingasögur")
→
|
containsSubgenre |
|
Icelandic Canadians
("Icelandic sagas")
→
|
culturalHeritage |
|
Old Icelandic
("Fornaldarsögur")
→
|
hasCanonicalText |
|
Prose Edda
("Icelandic saga literature")
→
|
literaryTradition |
|
Greenlandic Norse
("Icelandic sagas")
→
|
source |
|
Icelanders
("Icelandic sagas")
→
|
traditionalLiterature |
|
Old Icelandic
("Icelandic sagas")
→
|
usedIn |