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* '''Author''': Zilmer, Kristel
* '''Title''': Learning about places and people: Representations of travelling connections and communication situation in the Sagas of Icelanders
* '''Published in''': ''Sagas & Societies. International conference at Borgarnes, Iceland, September 5.-9. 2002''
* '''Editors''': Stefanie Würth, Tõnno Jonuks, Axel Kristinsson
* '''Place, Publisher''': Tübingen: Skandinavistik, Universität Tübingen
* '''Year''': 2002
* '''Pages''': 19 pp.
* '''E-text''': [http://tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/volltexte/2004/1076/ tobias-Lib]
* '''Reference''': Zilmer, Kristel. "Learning about places and people: Representations of travelling connections and communication situation in the Sagas of Icelanders." ''Sagas & Societies. International conference at Borgarnes, Iceland, September 5.-9. 2002.'' Eds. Stefanie Würth, Tõnno Jonuks, Axel Kristinsson. Tübingen: Skandinavistik, Universität Tübingen, 2002. 19 pp. 
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* '''Key words''': topography (staðfræði)


==Annotation== 

Toponymy and travels abroad in Sagas of Icelanders and their realistic and historical value in mapping cross-cultural contacts and patterns of connection and communication. Reference is made to a number of voyages and place names in Egils saga; other sources include Njáls saga, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Laxdæla saga, and Eyrbyggja saga.

==Lýsing==

Fjallað er um landfræðilegar lýsingar og ferðalýsingar í Íslendingasögum og það hvernig nota megi þær til að kortleggja samskipti ólíkra þjóðabrota á miöldum. Zilmel nýtir sér fjölmörg dæmi úr Egils sögu en meðal annarra sagna sem hún nýtir séru eru Njála, Gunnlaugs saga, Laxdæla og Eyrbyggja.

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* ''Written by:'' Katelin Parsons
* ''Icelandic translation:'' Jón Karl Helgason

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