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    the sagas, wiedergänger in the form of draugar are a frequent motif. This occurs, for example, in the Hrómundar saga Gripssonar or in the Laxdœla saga. Whoever...
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  • Þangbrandr was a foreigner. Brennu-Njáls saga Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók Kristni saga Landnámabók Laxdœla saga Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta Laing, Samuel...
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    Hill, Thomas D. (2007). "Perchta the Belly Slitter and Án hrísmagi: 'Laxdœla saga' cap. 48-49". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 106 (4):...
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    Vitalis Chronicon universale anonymi Laudunensis Játvarðar Saga Heimskringla Laxdœla saga Additional secondary sources Buckler, Georgina. Anna Comnena:...
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  • Seeress (Germanic) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    pitch, and they are reported to have been pleasing to the ear. In the Laxdœla saga, the sweetness of a chant (seiðlæti) lures a boy to his death, as intended...
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    Heimskringla Historia ecclesiastica by Ordericus Vitalis Játvarðar Saga Laxdœla saga Strategikon of Kekaumenos by Kekaumenos Buckler, Georgina. Anna Komnena:...
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    The horse in Nordic mythology (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    content. There are parallels between Celtic and Viking beliefs. In the Laxdoela saga, written in Iceland, the hero Kjartan (whose grandmother is Irish) rejects...
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  • Fernand Mossé (category Academic staff of the Collège de France)
    origin at the Collège de France. 1914: La Laxdoela Saga : légende historique islandaise, Paris, Alcan (translation) 1933: La Saga de Grettir, Paris, Aubier...
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    hence forming a close link with the Icelandic people. In the Icelandic Laxdœla saga, for example, "even slaves are highborn, descended from the kings of...
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  • The Viking Sagas 1995 late 10th, early 11th centuries Iceland Borrows elements from several Icelandic sagas, most notably Laxdœla saga and Njáls saga...
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    Thralls could be bought and sold at slave markets. An account from the Laxdoela Saga spoke of how during the 10th century there would be a meeting of kings...
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    Saga and some sources believe these two individuals are one and the same. Amlaíb may have pre-deceased Ímar. Ketill Flatnose appears in the Laxdœla saga...
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