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HEIMSKRINGLA HEIMSKRINGLA is the largest collection of Old Norse and Nordic source texts on the internet – currently some 7400 titles. HEIMSKRINGLA primarily consists of eddic texts, sagas, and scaldic poetry, secondarily of background material and sources related to Sami culture. HEIMSKRINGLA is based on the belief that these texts – as part of our common cultural heritage – should be freely available to everyone.		SHOP
WE PRESENT: digitalized Samiske offersten og hellige bjerge i Norge By Just Qvigstad, 1926. Sami sacred sites and cult places have always been connected to nature – a sacred mountain, a sacred stone, a sacred tree, etc. Here, people worshiped the gods, including making sacrifices to them. In return, the gods promised to assist with fishing, ensure successful hunting, and provide sufficient food for the reindeer. Therefore, it was natural to greet or speak to a sacred stone when encountered. Nearly all 17th- and 18th-century sources mention such sacred sites. Several of them, including Isaac Olsen, Thomas von Westen, Ludvig Paus and Knud Leem, recorded extensive lists of the Sami sacrificial sites. In 1926, Just Qvigstad set out to locate these and other sacred sites. He documented his findings in the booklet Lappische Opfersteine und heilige Berge in Norwegen, which has since been a key text in the study of Sami religion. The booklet is now presented in a Danish translation.	WE PRESENT: on print Snorre Sturlason og Sturlungerne By Fredrik Paasche, 1922 This book paints a portrait of the Icelandic chieftain and historian Snorri Sturlasson and his lineage. His source is the Sturlungasaga. The Norwegian literary critic Philip Houm wrote the following about the book: »The old Sturlungasaga... is a chaos one can easily get lost in. Jón Helgason has called it unreadable, so chaotic and intricate it is. - Fredrik Paasche sets out to bring order to chaos. And he succeeded. He has, as Francis Bull puts it, 'simplified and condensed, organized and reorganized, added new material from other sources, and removed the insignificant and irrelevant, so that both individuals and the whole have come to life.' Therefore, Paasche's book was hailed as an achievement and a masterpiece, created by someone who was both a scholar and an artist.« Order the book here Heimskringla Reprint.
Recent texts Samiske offersten og hellige bjerge i Norge (dansk, Just Qvigstad, 1926) Sankt Laurentii saga (Danish, Jesper Lauridsen, 2024) Draumkvedet (Norwegian; Ivar Mortensson-Egnund , 1927) Vikinghelter, runesteiner og nordisk sjåvinisme i Amerika (Norwegian; Knut Rage, 2024) Vor frv hialpadi systur or haska (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Kalevala Tjuguandra, Tjugutredje och Tjugufjerde Runan (Swedish; M. A. Castrén, 1841) Norske trollvisor og norrøne sogor - Norsk sogeforteljing og visedikting (Norwegian; Knut Liestøl, 1915) Kalevala Nittonde, Tjugonde och Tjuguförsta Runan (Swedish; M. A. Castrén, 1841) Solkors, ariske vikinger og det urgermanske ideal (Norwegian; Knut Rage, 2024) Företal till nya Kalevala (Swedish; Elias Lönnrot, 1849) Kalevala Sextonde, Sjuttonde och Adertonde Runan (Swedish; M. A. Castrén, 1841) Norske trollvisor og norrøne sogor - Ymse andre visor og sogor (Norwegian; Knut Liestøl, 1915) Af Anselmo erchibyskupi (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Hromund Gripsons saga (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2024) Norske trollvisor og norrøne sogor - Episke drag i trollvisone (Norwegian; Knut Liestøl, 1915) Kalevala Trettonde, Fjortonde och Femtonde Runan (Swedish; M. A. Castrén, 1841) Glimt af samisk religion (Danish; Baltazar Mathias Keilhau, 1831) Norske trollvisor og norrøne sogor - Iven Erningsson (Norwegian; Knut Liestøl, 1915) Dragestil, stavkirker og vikingskipsromantikk (Norwegian; Knut Rage, 2024) Kalevala Tionde, Elfte och Tolfte Runan (Swedish; M. A. Castrén, 1841) Norrønt svermeri og nasjonalisme i Norden (Norwegian; Knut Rage, 2024) Kalevala Sjunde, Åttonde och Nionde Runan (Swedish; M. A. Castrén, 1841) Norske trollvisor og norrøne sogor - Raamund unge (Norwegian; Knut Liestøl, 1915) Kalevala Fjerde, Femte och Sjette Runan (Swedish; M. A. Castrén, 1841)       Previous New texts	Special features Source Index: - Did you find your text? Forfatterindex: Searching by author, translator and/or publisher. Index of skalds: Who were they? Language learning: Learn Old Norse E-Library: Links to some 400 books - all available online. Gallery: Visit Heimskringla's gallery of historical sites etc. Archive of maps: Maps of important saga places. Biographical Index: Briefly on manuscript collectors, scholars, and authors who have had an influence on the conservation, publication and interpretation of Old Norse source material.
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