Heimskringla

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Heimskringla is a collection of Old Norse kings' sagas, traditionally attributed to Snorri Sturluson, that recount the lives and deeds of Norwegian monarchs from legendary times to the 12th century.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Heimskringla canonical 20
Ynglinga saga 2
Heimskringla manuscript tradition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Norse literature
kings' saga collection
medieval manuscript tradition
approximateCompositionDate c. 1220s
author Snorri Sturluson
basedOn earlier kings' sagas
oral tradition
skaldic poetry
containsWork Saga of Halfdan the Black
Saga of Harald Fairhair
Saga of Harald Hardrada
Saga of Hákon Herdebrei
Saga of Hákon the Good
Saga of Inge, Son of Harald
Saga of Magnus Barefoot
Saga of Magnus Erlingsson
Saga of Magnus the Good
Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
Saga of Sigurd the Crusader
The Saga of King Olaf
surface form: Saga of St. Olaf

Heimskringla self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ynglinga saga
countryOfOrigin Iceland
Norway
focusesOn Christianization of Scandinavia
surface form: Christianization of Norway

military campaigns
political history
royal genealogy
genre historical narrative
kings' saga
influenced 19th-century Norwegian nationalism
Norwegian national identity
Scandinavian historiography
language Old Norse
literaryTradition Íslendingasögur
surface form: Icelandic sagas
mainSubject Norwegian history
Norwegian kings
notableManuscript Kringla manuscript
placeOfComposition Iceland
regionDescribed British Isles
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
structure chronological narrative of Norwegian kings
timePeriodCovered Middle Ages
Viking Age
legendary age
timePeriodCoveredUntil 12th century
titleLanguage Old Norse
titleMeaning The Circle of the World
traditionalAttribution Snorri Sturluson

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse sagas notableExample Heimskringla
Odin sourceText Heimskringla
Aesir–Vanir War describedIn Heimskringla
this entity surface form: Ynglinga saga
Freyr sourceMention Heimskringla
Old Icelandic hasCanonicalText Heimskringla
this entity surface form: Konungasögur
Aesir mythologicalSource Heimskringla
Heimskringla containsWork Heimskringla self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ynglinga saga
Old Norse literature majorWork Heimskringla
Olaf Tryggvason sourceMention Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson notableWork Heimskringla
Codex Regius alsoKnownAs Heimskringla
this entity surface form: Konungsbók
battle of Stiklestad mentionedIn Heimskringla
subject surface form: Battle of Stiklestad
Haakon the Good sourceMention Heimskringla
Saga of Halfdan the Black partOf Heimskringla
Saga of Harald Fairhair partOf Heimskringla
Saga of Magnus the Good partOf Heimskringla
Kringla manuscript workContained Heimskringla
Saga of Harald Hardrada relatedWork Heimskringla
Saga of Magnus Barefoot partOf Heimskringla
Saga of Magnus Barefoot associatedWith Heimskringla
this entity surface form: Heimskringla manuscript tradition
Saga of Hákon the Good partOf Heimskringla
Saga of Hákon the Good preservedIn Heimskringla
this entity surface form: Heimskringla manuscripts