Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

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Arentzen, Kristian. Gunlög Ormetunge, dramatisk Digtning [Gunnlaug Worm-Tongue, Dramatic Poetry]. Kaupmannahöfn, 1852.

Drama · Danish
A drama based on Gunnlaugs saga written in Danish

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Benedikt Erlingsson, et al. Ormstunga [Worm-Tongue]. 1996.

Drama · Icelandic
A drama based on Gunnlaugs saga written in Icelandic

Benedikt Erlingsson. Ormstunga: ástarsaga [Worm-Tongue: Love Story]. Námsgagnastofnun, 2003.

Drama · Icelandic
A drama based on Gunnlaugs 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

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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

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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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Grímur Thomsen. “Íslenskar konur frá söguöldinni; I. Helga fagra [Icelandic Women from the Age of the Sagas: I. Helga the Beautiful].” Ljóðmæli. Nýtt safn, 1895.

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

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Landor, Walter Savage. “Gunlaug and Helga.” Complete Works 13. Chapman & Hall, 1933.

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

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.