Zilmer, Kristel. Learning About Places And People

• 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: 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