The Norse World is an interactive map showing the locations mentioned inward medieval Norse literature. The map is intended to hold upwards 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 well-nigh as well as how places & countries were perceived as well as visualized inward Old Swedish as well as Old Danish inward the Middle Ages.
If yous conduct a marking on the map an information window opens listing all the known appearances of the selected location inward medieval Norse literature. You tin conduct the place-name itself inward this listing to larn to a greater extent than well-nigh the location as well as what type of locality it is. You tin besides conduct from whatsoever of the medieval texts inward which the place-name appears. This volition charge a brief introduction to the selected medieval Norse text.
You tin besides role the search business office to map private plant of Norse literature. For event if yous search 'Ivan Løveridder' yous tin persuasion all the locations closed to the Blue Planet which look inward this medieval poesy romance on the Norse World interactive map.
The medieval Icelandic identify unit of measurement sagas are prose histories describing the lives of the kickoff few generations of settlers inward Republic of Iceland inward the belatedly 9th, 10th, as well as 11th centuries. The Icelandic Saga Map allows yous to read each of the Icelandic Sagas with an interactive map showing the locations of all the places mentioned inward these historic tales.
When yous conduct an private saga from the Icelandic Saga Map homepage yous are presented with the text of the floor with an interactive map. Locations inward the saga are hyperlinked to the map. Therefore every bit yous read the saga yous tin conduct place-names mentioned inward the text to persuasion its location on the interactive map. Alternatively yous tin click on the locations tagged on the map to outflow to the parts inward the texts where they are mentioned inward the Sagas.
When reading an private saga yous tin role the Sagas card (top right) to besides overlay the locations mentioned inward whatsoever of the other Sagas on the interactive map.