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Mapping The Norse World


The Norse World is an interactive map showing the locations mentioned inwards medieval Norse literature. The map is intended to endure a resources for students of medieval Swedish as well as Danish literature as well as history. It provides an invaluable insight into what places were written most as well as how places & countries were perceived as well as visualized inwards Old Swedish as well as Old Danish inwards the Middle Ages.

If yous conduct a mark on the map an information window opens listing all the known appearances of the selected location inwards medieval Norse literature. You tin conduct the place-name itself inwards this listing to acquire to a greater extent than most the location as well as what type of locality it is. You tin too conduct from whatever of the medieval texts inwards which the place-name appears. This volition charge a brief introduction to the selected medieval Norse text.

You tin too role the search constituent to map private industrial plant of Norse literature. For event if yous search 'Ivan Løveridder' yous tin thought all the locations some the the world which seem inwards this medieval poetry romance on the Norse World interactive map.


The medieval Icelandic identify unit of measurement sagas are prose histories describing the lives of the start few generations of settlers inwards Republic of Iceland inwards the belatedly 9th, 10th, as well as 11th centuries. The Icelandic Saga Map allows yous to read each of the Icelandic Sagas amongst an interactive map showing the locations of all the places mentioned inwards these historic tales.

When yous conduct an private saga from the Icelandic Saga Map homepage yous are presented with the text of the even amongst an interactive map. Locations inwards the saga are hyperlinked to the map. Therefore equally yous read the saga yous tin conduct place-names mentioned inwards the text to thought its location on the interactive map. Alternatively yous tin click on the locations tagged on the map to jump to the parts inwards the texts where they are mentioned inwards the Sagas.

When reading an private saga yous tin role the Sagas carte (top right) to too overlay the locations mentioned inwards whatever of the other Sagas on the interactive map.