Laxdæla saga

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medieval Icelandic saga Íslendingasaga

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.

Aliases (1)

The Laxdæla Saga ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval Icelandic saga → Íslendingasaga →
compositionPeriod	13th century →
containsMotif	blood feud → fosterage → legal assemblies → love triangle → prophetic dreams → vengeance killing →
countryOfOrigin	Iceland →
featuresCharacter	Bolli Bollason → Bolli Þorleiksson → Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir → Höskuldur Dala-Kollsson → Kjartan Ólafsson → Melkorka → Ólafur pái Höskuldsson →
genre	family saga → romantic saga →
hasAdaptation	modern Icelandic retellings → stage adaptations →
hasEnglishTitle	The Laxdæla Saga → The Saga of the People of Laxardal →
hasManuscript	Möðruvallabók → Reykjabók →
influenced	modern Icelandic literature →
language	Old Icelandic →
literaryPeriod	medieval literature →
literarySignificance	major work of Icelandic saga literature → noted for strong female protagonist →
mainTheme	conversion to Christianity → family feuds → fate and destiny → honour and revenge → tragic love →
narrativeForm	prose →
originalLanguage	Old Norse →
partOf	Icelandic sagas corpus →
placeOfComposition	Iceland →
setInCountry	Iceland →
setInLocation	Breiðafjörður region → Laxárdalur valley →
studiedInField	Old Norse studies → medieval Scandinavian literature →
timeOfSetting	10th century → 11th century → Settlement Age of Iceland →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Laxdæla saga ("The Laxdæla Saga") →	hasEnglishTitle
Norse sagas →	notableExample
Grettis saga →	relatedWork