Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

B

Benedikt Gröndal. Gandreiðin [The Witch Ride]. Copenhagen, 1866.

Drama · Icelandic
A drama based on Njáls saga and Tristrams saga written in Icelandic

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

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

Bottomley, Gordon. The Riding to Lithend. Thomas B Mosher, 1910.

Drama · English
A drama based on Njáls saga written in English

Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Njála. Mál og menning, 2002.

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

C

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

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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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

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

Gray, Thomas. The Fatal Sisters. 1768.

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

Green, W.C. “Two Sagas from Iceland (I. Gunnar’s Death. II. The Burning of Njal).” Blackwood’s Magazine, no. 147, 1890, pp. 103-14.

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

Grímur Thomsen. “Gunnars-ríma [Gunnar’s Ballad].” Ljóðmæli, 1880.

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

Grímur Thomsen. “Íslenskar konur frá söguöldinni; III Hildigunnur [Icelandic Women from the Age of the Sagas: III. Hildingunnur].” Ljóðmæli. Nýtt safn, 1895.

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

Grímur Thomsen. “Íslenskar konur frá söguöldinni; IV. Bergþóra [Icelandic Women from the Age of the Sagas: IV. Bergthora].” Ljóðmæli. Nýtt safn, 1895.

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

Grímur Thomsen. “Hár hallgerðar [Hallgerdur’s Hair].” Ljóðmæli. Nýtt og gamalt, 1906.

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

Grímur Thomsen. “Þjóstólfur.” Ljóðmæli. Nýtt og gamalt, 1906.

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

H

Hole, Richard. “The Tomb of Gunnar.” The Gentleman’s Magazine vol. 59, 1789, pp. 937.

Tale · English
A tale based on Njáls saga written in English

J

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

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

Jóhann Sigurjónsson. Løgneren (Lyga-Mörður) [Lies (A Marten’s Lies)]. Gyldendal, 1917.

Drama · Danish
A drama based on Njáls saga written in Danish and Icelandic

Jónas Hallgrímsson. “Gunnarshólmi.” [Gunnar’s Islet] Fjölnir 4, 1838, pp. 31-32.

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

M

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

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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

T

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

Novel · English
A novel base on Njáls 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

Þórður Helgason. Þar var ég [There I Was]. Reykjavík, 1989.

Poem · Icelandic
A poem based on Njáls 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.