Laxdæla saga
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Laxdæla saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the intertwined lives, feuds, and tragic love stories of several generations of settlers in the Laxárdalur valley.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laxdæla saga canonical | 20 |
| Laxdaela Saga | 1 |
| The Laxdaela Saga | 1 |
| The Laxdæla Saga | 1 |
| Unnamed woman in Laxdæla saga | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Laxdæla saga Context triple: [Norse sagas, notableExample, Laxdæla saga]
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A.
Prose Edda
The Prose Edda is a 13th-century Icelandic work by Snorri Sturluson that systematizes Norse mythology and serves as a key source for understanding the Old Norse gods, cosmology, and heroic legends.
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B.
Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is a medieval Icelandic collection of anonymous Old Norse poems that preserves many of the central myths, heroic legends, and cosmological beliefs of Norse mythology.
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C.
Norse sagas
Norse sagas are medieval Icelandic prose narratives that recount the legendary heroes, gods, and historical events of the Norse and wider Scandinavian world.
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D.
Hildebrandslied
Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.
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E.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Laxdæla saga Target entity description: Laxdæla saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the intertwined lives, feuds, and tragic love stories of several generations of settlers in the Laxárdalur valley.
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A.
Prose Edda
The Prose Edda is a 13th-century Icelandic work by Snorri Sturluson that systematizes Norse mythology and serves as a key source for understanding the Old Norse gods, cosmology, and heroic legends.
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B.
Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is a medieval Icelandic collection of anonymous Old Norse poems that preserves many of the central myths, heroic legends, and cosmological beliefs of Norse mythology.
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C.
Norse sagas
Norse sagas are medieval Icelandic prose narratives that recount the legendary heroes, gods, and historical events of the Norse and wider Scandinavian world.
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D.
Hildebrandslied
Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.
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E.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval Icelandic saga
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Íslendingasaga ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
blood feud
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fosterage ⓘ legal assemblies ⓘ love triangle ⓘ prophetic dreams ⓘ vengeance killing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bolli Bollason
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Bolli Þorleiksson ⓘ Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir ⓘ Höskuldur Dala-Kollsson ⓘ Kjartan Ólafsson ⓘ Melkorka ⓘ Ólafur pái Höskuldsson ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
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romantic saga ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
modern Icelandic retellings
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Laxdæla saga
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Laxdæla Saga
The Saga of the People of Laxardal ⓘ |
| hasManuscript |
Möðruvallabók
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Reykjabók ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Icelandic literature ⓘ |
| language | Old Icelandic ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | medieval literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
major work of Icelandic saga literature
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noted for strong female protagonist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
conversion to Christianity
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family feuds ⓘ fate and destiny ⓘ honour and revenge ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Old Norse ⓘ |
| partOf |
Íslendingasögur
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surface form:
Icelandic sagas corpus
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| placeOfComposition | Iceland ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Iceland ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Breiðafjörður region
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Laxárdalur valley ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Old Norse studies
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medieval Scandinavian literature ⓘ |
| timeOfSetting |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ Norse settlement of Iceland ⓘ
surface form:
Settlement Age of Iceland
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Subject: Laxdæla saga Description of subject: Laxdæla saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the intertwined lives, feuds, and tragic love stories of several generations of settlers in the Laxárdalur valley.
Referenced by (24)
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