Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

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Anderson, Poul. Mother of Kings. Tor Books, 2001.

Novel · English
A novel based on Heimskringla and Egils saga written in English

Anderson, Poul. Hrolf Kraki’s Saga. Ballatine Books, 1973.

Novel · English
A novel based on Hrólfs saga kraka written in English

Ármann Jakobsson. Glæsir. JPV, 2011.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Eyrbyggja saga written in Icelandic

Ármann Jakobsson. Síðasti galdrameistarinn [The Last Sorcerer]. JPV, 2014.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Hrólfs saga kraka written in Icelandic

Ásgeir Jakobsson. Þórður kakali [Thord the Stammerer]. Skuggsjá, 1988.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

B

Ballantyne, Robert Michael. The Norsemen in the West: or America before Columbus. James Nisbit, 1872.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Baring-Gould, Sabine. Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland. London: Blackie and Son, 1890.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grettis saga written in English

Bergsveinn Birgisson. Geirmundar saga heljarskinns [The Saga of Geirmund Hellskin]. Bjartur, 2015.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Landnámabók and Grettis saga written in Icelandic

Berry, Francis. I Tell of Greenland. Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1977.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Bjarni Bjarnason. Mannorð [Reputation]. Uppheimar, 2011.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Gautreks saga written in Icelandic

Bjarni Harðarson. Sigurðar saga fóts: Íslensk riddarasaga [Sigurd Foot Saga: Icelandic Romance]. Sæmundur, 2010.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sigurðar saga fóts written in Icelandic

Bjarni Harðarson. Mörður [Marten]. Sæmundur, 2014.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

Bleibtreu, Karl. Gunnlaug Schlangenzunge: Eine Inselmar [Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue: An Island Myth]. 1879.

Novel · German
A novel based on Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu written in German

Boyer, Elizabeth. Freydis and Gudrid. Veritie Press, 1976.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Burgess, Melvin. Bloodtide. Andersen Press, 1999.

Novel · English
A novel based on Völsunga saga written in English.

Burgess, Melvin. Bloodsong. Penguin, 2007.

Novel · English
A novel based on Völsunga saga written in English

Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Njála. Mál og menning, 2002.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Egla. Mál og menning, 2004.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Egils saga written in Icelandic

Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Laxdæla. Mál og menning, 2006.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Busch, Fritz-Otto. Wikingersegel vor Amerika. Die Saga von Gudrid und Freydis [Viking Sailing Before America: The Saga of Gudrid and Freydis]. Sponholtz, 1966.

Novel · German
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in German

Byatt, A. S. Ragnarok: The End of the Gods. London: CanonGate, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

C

Clark, Joan. Eiriksdottir: A tale of dreams and luck. Penguin, 1993.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Clay, Beatrice E. Stories from the Saga of “Burnt Njál”. The Story of Gunnar. Horace Marshall & Son, 1907.

Novel · English
A novel based on Njáls saga written in English

E

Eddison, E. R. Styrbiorn the Strong. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on Jómsvíkinga saga written in English.

Einar Kárason. Sagan af Gretti sterka [The Saga of Grettir the Strong]. Mál og menning, 1995.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grettis saga written in Icelandic

Einar Kárason. Óvinafagnaður [Gathering of Foes]. Mál og menning, 2001.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

Einar Kárason. Ofsi [Violence]. Mál og menning, 2008.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

Einar Kárason. Skáld [Poet]. Mál og menning, 2012.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

Elphinstone, Margaret. The Sea Road. Canongate, 2000.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

F

Fougué, F. H. K. de la Motte. Die Saga von dem Gunnlaugur, genannt Drachenzunge und Rafn dem Skalden. Eine Islandskunde de eilften Jahrhunderts [The Saga of Gunnlaug, Called Dragon-Tongue, and Rafn the Poet: Icelandic Lore of the Eleventh Century]. Vienna: A. Pichler, 1826.

Novel · German
A novel based on Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu written in German.

French, Allen. The Story of Rolf and the Viking’s Bow. Little, Brown and Co., 1904.

Novel · English
A novel based on Orkneyinga saga written in English

French, Allen. Grettir the Strong. Little, Brown, and Co., 1906.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grettis saga written in English

French, Allen. Heroes of Iceland. Little, Brown, and Co., 1905.

Novel · English
A novel based on Njáls saga written in English

Friðrik Ásmundsson Brekkan. Ulveungernes broder [Brother of the Wolves]. Woel, 1924.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Danish

Friðrik Ásmundsson Brekkan. Saga af Bróður Ylfing [Saga of the Wolf Clan Brother]. Þorsteinn M. Jónsson, 1929.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga translated into Icelandic from the original Danish

Friðrik Ásmundsson Brekkan. Drottningarkyn [Queen Kin]. Bókfell, 1947.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

G

Gaiman, Neil. American Gods. New York: William Morrow, 2001.

Novel
A novel which incorporates Norse myths/sagas into a wider scheme of world traditions

Gaiman, Neil. Norse Mythology. New York: W. W. Norton, 2017.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Gourdault, Jules. Gunnar et Nial. Scénes et mæurs de la vielle Islande. A. Mame, 1885.

Novel · French
A novel based on Njáls saga written in French

Guðmundur Kamban. Jeg ser et stort skønt land [I See a Wondrous Land]. Gyldendal, 1936.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiriks saga rauða, and Eyrbyggja saga written in Danish

Guðmundur Kamban. Vítt sé ég land og fagurt I og II [Far and Wide I See an Enchanting Land: One and Two]. Helgafell, 1945.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiriks saga rauða, and Eyrbyggja saga translated into Icelandic

Gunnar Gunnarsson. Hvide Krist [White Christ]. Gyldendal, 1934.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Kristni saga written in Danish

Gunnar Gunnarsson. Edbrødre. Roman fra Islands landnamstid [The Sworn Brothers: A Novel About the Early Days of Iceland]. Gyldendal, 1918.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Landnámabók written in Danish

Gunnar Gunnarsson. Vikivaki. Jake Sonarsons efterladte papirer [Vikivaki: Jake Sonarson’s Surviving Papers]. Gyldendal, 1934.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Grettis saga written in Danish

Gunnar Gunnarsson. et al. The Sworn Brothers: A Tale of the Early Days of Iceland. A. A. Knopf, 1921.

Novel · English
A novel based on Landnámabók translated into English

Guðlaug Richter. Kappar og konungar [Heroes and Kings]. Mál og menning, 1989.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on various Íslendinga þættir written in Icelandic

Grundy, Stephan. Rheingold. Frankfurt am Main, 1992

Novel · German
A novel based on Völsunga saga written in German

Grundy, Stephan. Rheingold. Bantam Books, 1994.

Novel · English
A novel based on Völsunga saga translated into English

H

Haggard, H. Rider. The Saga of Eric Brighteyes. Hollywood, CA: Newcastle Publishing, 1974.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on outlaw sagas like Gísla saga and Grettis saga written in English

Haugaard, Erik Christian. Hakon of Rogen’s Saga. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1963.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on outlaw sagas like Gísla saga and Grettis saga written in English

Hanson, Lida (Siboni). Eric the Red. Doubleday, 1930.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Halldór Laxness. Gerpla [Wayward Heroes]. Helgafell, 1952.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Fóstbræðra saga and Óláfs saga helga written in Icelandic

Harris, Joanne M. Runelight. New York: Random House, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Harris, Joanne M. The Gospel of Loki. Gollancz, 2014.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Harris, Joanne M. Runemarks. New York: Random House, 2017.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Harris, Joanne M. The Testament of Loki. Saga press, 2018.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Hauch, J. Carsen. Saga om Thorvald Vidførle eller den Vidtbereiste [The Saga of Thorvald Vidforle or the Far-travelled]. Reitzel, 1849.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Þorvalds þáttur víðförla written in Danish

Hewlett, Maurice. A Lover’s Tale. Ward, 1915.

Novel · English
A novel based on Kormáks saga written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. Frey and His Wife. Ward, 1916.

Novel · English
A novel based on Ögmundar þáttur dytts og Gunnars helmings written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. Thorgils of Treadholt. Ward, 1917.

Novel · English
A novel based on Flóamanna saga written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. Gudrid the Fair. Constable, 1918.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. The Outlaw. Constable, 1919.

Novel · English
A novel based on Gísla saga written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. The Light Heart. Chapman & Hall, 1920.

Novel · English
A novel based on Fóstbræðra saga written in English

Hodgetts, J. Fred. Edric the Norseman: A Tale of Adventure and Discovery. The Boy’s Own Paper, 1887-88.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Hodgetts, J. Fr. Kormak the Viking; or, The Shield-Borne Boy. The Boy’s Own Paper, 1885.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Hough, Clara Sharpe. Leif the Lucky. A Romantic Saga of the Sons of Erik the Red. Century, 1926.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Humble, Richard. Leifur heppni [Leif the Lucky]. Translated by Guðrún Magnúsdóttir, Mál og menning, 1991.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in Icelandic

I

Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. Útlaginn [The Outlaw]. Prenthúsið, 1981.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Gísla saga written in Icelandic

Igulstad, Frid. Magnus Viking [Magnus the Viking]. Capellen, 2000.

Novel · Norwegian
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða and Grænlendinga saga written in Norwegian

Irwin, Constance. Gudrid’s Saga. The Norse Settlement in America. A Documentary Novel. St. Martin’s Press, 1974.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

J

Jacobsen, Jens Peter. Kormak og Stengerde [Kormak and Stengerde]. A. Juncker, 1912.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Kormáks saga written in Danish

Janoda, Jeff. Saga: A Novel of Medieval Iceland. Chicago Review Press, 2005.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eyrbyggja saga written in English

Jensen, Thit. Nial den Vise [Njal the Wise]. Gyldendal, 1934.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Danish

Johnston, Robert G. Vinland: The Beginning. Robert G. Johnston, 2010.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Johnston, Robert G. Vinland: The Ragnarök. Robert G. Johnston, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Jón Daníelsson. Leifur heppni og Vínland hið góða [Leif the Lucky and Vinland the Good]. Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 2000.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða and Grænlendinga saga written in Icelandic

Jónas Kristjánsson. Veröld víð: Skáldsaga um ævi og örlög Guðríðar Þorbjarnardóttur, víðförlustu konu miðalda. [Wide World: A Poet’s Saga of the Life and Destiny of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, A Far-Travelled, Medieval Woman]. Vaka-Helgafell, 1998.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in Icelandic

Julien, Susanne. Gudrid, la Voyageuse [Gudrid the Traveller]. Pierre Tisseyre, 1991.

Novel · French
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in French

K

Kath, Lydia. Urmutter Unn. Geschichten um altnordische Frauen [Unn the First Mother: Stories of Old Norse Women]. Junge Generation Verlag, 1936.

Novel · German
A novel based on various stories from the Íslendingasögur written in German

Kay, Guy Gavriel. 2004. The Last Light of the Sun. New York: Penguin.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on Jómsvíkinga saga written in English.

Kristín Steinsdóttir. Vítahringur: Helgusona saga [Vicious Circle: Helga’s Sons’ Story]. Vaka-Helgafell, 2004.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Harðar saga written in Icelandic

Kutzleb, Hjalmar. Dirk Winlandfahrer [Dirk the Vinland Traveller]. Westermann, 1936.

Novel · German
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in German

L

Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days. A. C. McClurg, 1901.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiríks saga rauða, and Hávamál written in English

Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina. The Vinland champions. Appleton and Co., 1904.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Linklater, Eric. The Men of Ness: The Saga of Thorleif Coalbiter’s Sons. J. Cape, 1932.

Novel · English
A novel based on Orkneyinga saga written in English

Lucka, Emil. Winland. Novellen und Legenden [Novellas and Legends]. Deutsch-österreich. Verlag, 1912.

Novel · German
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in German

M

Mackay Brown, George. Magnus. The Hogarth Press, 1973.

Novel · English
A novel based on Orkneyinga saga written in English

Mackay Brown, George. Vinland. John Murray/Polygon, 1992.

Novel · English
A novel written in English

Malim, Herbert. Njal and Gunnar. A Tale of Old Iceland. English Literature for Secondary Schools. MacMillan and Co., 1917.

Novel · English
A novel based on Njáls saga written in English

Mirsky, Stuart W. The King of Vinland’s Saga. Xlibris, 1998.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Molan, Chris. The Vikings in Vinland. Meuthen Children´s Books Ltd., 1985.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Morris, William. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Or the Land of Living Men. Kelmscott, 1890.

Novel
A novel which incorporates Norse myths/sagas into a wider scheme of world traditions

N

Nielsen, Frederick. Siulittuutip eqquunnera. 1982.

Novel · Greenlandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in Greenlandic

Njörður P. Njarðvík. Auðunn og ísbjörninn [Audun and the Polar Bear]. Iðunn, 1991.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Auðunnar þáttur written in Icelandic

O

Oehlenschläger, Adam G. Hroars saga [Hroar’s Saga]. 1817.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Hrólfs saga kraka written in Danish

R

Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir. Hjartsláttur [Heartbeat]. Mál og menning, 2009.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar written in Icelandic

Roberts, Dorothy James. Fire in the Ice. Little, Brown and Co., 1961.

Novel · English
A novel based on Laxdæla saga and Njáls saga written in English

D

del Rey, Lester. The Day of the Giants. Avalon, 1959.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Prose Edda and Poetic Edda written in English

S

Schiller, Barbara. Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky. Troll Associates, 1979.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Schoenfeld, E. Dagobert. Kjartan und Gudrun. Ein kulturhistorische Roman von der Wende des zehnten Jahrhunderts auf Island I-II [Kjartan and Gudrun: A Cultural-Historical Novel from the Turn of the Tenth Century on Iceland I-II]. Costenoble, 1898.

Novel · German
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in German

Seaver, Kirsten A. Gudrid’s saga. Gyldendal norsk forlag, 1994.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Seeliger, Ewald Gerhard. Freydis Rothaar [Freydis Red-hair]. L. Staackmann, 1915.

Novel · German
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in German

Shute, Nevil. An Old Captivity. William Heinemann, 1940.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Shute, Nevil. Vinland the Good. William Heinemann, 1946.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Sigrún Davíðsdóttir. Silfur Egils [Egil’s Silver]. Almenna bókafélagið, 1989.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Egils saga written in Icelandic

Simon, Francesca. The Monstrous Child. Faber and Faber, 2016.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Snedden, Genevra. Leif and Thorkel, Two Norse Boys of Long Ago. World Book Co., 1922.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Steen, Thorvald. Konstantinople [Constantinople]. 1999.

Novel · Norwegian
A novel based on Heimskringla written in Norwegian

Steen, Thorvald. Den lille hesten [The Little Horse]. 2002.

Novel · Norwegian
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Norwegian

Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Waif Woman: A Cue, from a Saga. Scribner’s Magazine, 1914.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eyrbyggja saga written in English

Sundman, Per Olof. Berättelsen om Såm [The Story of Sam]. Norstedt, 1977.

Novel · Swedish
A novel based on Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða written in Swedish

Svava Jakobsdóttir. Gunnlaðar saga [Gunnloth’s Saga]. Forlagið, 1987.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in Icelandic

T

Thor Vilhjálmsson. Morgunþula í stráum [Morning Verse in the Grass]. Mál og menning, 1998.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in Icelandic

Thor Vilhjálmsson. Sveigur [Wreath]. Mál og menning, 2001.

Novel · English
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in English

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, 1977.

Novel
A novel which incorporates Norse myths/sagas into a wider scheme of world traditions

Torfhildur Hólm. Kjartan og Guðrún [Kjartan and Gudrun]. Ísafoldarprentsmiðja, 1886.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Torfi Hjartarson. Egill. Námsgagnastofnun, 1988.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Egils saga written in Icelandic

Treece, Henry. The Burning of Njal. Criterion Books, 1964.

Novel · English
A novel base on Njáls saga written in English

Treece, Henry. Vinland the Good. Bodley Head, 1967.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Treece, Henry. Westward to Vinland. Harper torchbooks, 1967.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

V

Velasco, Manuel. Nacido en Vinland [Born in Vinland]. Mentrelínea Editores, 2004.

Novel · Spanish
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða and Egils saga written in Spanish

Vilborg Davíðsdóttir. Auður. Mál og menning, 2009.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Vollmann, William T. The Ice-Shirt. André Deutsch, 1990.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

W

Williams, Tony. Nutcase. Salt Publishing, 2017.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grettis saga written in English

Þ

Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir. Kalt er annars blóð [Cold is Another’s Blood]. JPV, 2007.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Njáls saga written in Icelandic

Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir. Mörg eru ljónsins eyru [The Lion has Many Ears]. JPV, 2010.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Þorsteinn Stefánsson. Grettir sterki [Grettir the Strong]. Translated by Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir. Skjaldborg, 1991.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grettis saga written in Icelandic

All 207 entries from the original bibliography.

About these bibliographies

The bibliographies and links were begun in 2019 with the support of the Department of Icelandic Language and Literature and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba.

The first is annotated with the major sources each new work draws on. None claims to be comprehensive.

Credits

Editors: Christopher Crocker, Dustin Geeraert, Selina Heidinger Web Design & Technical Editor: Ryan E. Johnson Additional Research: Austin Quagleini With thanks to Migration: The 9th UM / University of Iceland Partnership Conference, From Iceland to the Americas, and The Afterlife of Eddas and Sagas.