Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

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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

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

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Edzardi, Anton. Schön-Helga und Gunnlaug. Eine Dichtung frei nach der altnordischen Gunnlaugs saga [Helga the Beautiful and Gunnlaug: An Independent Poem Following the Old Norse Gunnlaug’s Saga]. Hannover, 1875.

Poem · German
A poem based on Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu written in German

Engelhardt, Helene von. “Grettir der Starke [Grettir the Strong].” Im Windesrauschen. Epische Dichtungen. Baumert & Ronge, 1890, pp. 33-70.

Poem · German
A poem based on Grettis saga written in German

Engelhardt-Pabst, Helene von. Gunnar von Hlidarendi [Gunnar of Hlíðarendi]. Verlag von Hugo Heller & Co., 1909.

Poem · German
A poem based on Njáls saga written in German

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Fougué, F. H. K. de la Motte. Der Held des Nordens [The Hero of the North]. 1810.

Drama · German
A drama based on Völsunga saga and Ragnars saga loðbrókar written in German

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.

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Grundy, Stephan. Rheingold. Frankfurt am Main, 1992

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

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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

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

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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

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Riemann, Robert. Björn der Wiking. Ein germanisches Kulturdrama in vier Akten [Bjorn the Viking: A Germanic Cultural Drama in Four Acts]. Leipzig, 1901.

Drama · German
A drama based on Eyrbyggja saga written in German

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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

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

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.