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The Snorra Edda is more than a collection of myths—it is a map of the night sky, where stories serve as constellations and the heavens become a mnemonic for the world of the gods. In this webinar, Professor Gísli Sigurdsson explains how Gylfi’s Illusion ( Gylfaginning ) in the Prose Edda transforms what can literally be seen above us—the movements of stars, sun, and moon—into a mythological cosmos. By taking Snorri’s metaphor at face value, we can read the sky as a kind of ce

Part Three: Gunnar Marel Eggertsson, Welcome back to our third and final instalment of the Viking of the 21st Century series. Part One...

Part Two: Íslendingur and her voyage Welcome back to the second of the three-part series of The 21st Century Icelander.  We will explore...

Viking Ships

Bryndís Víglundsdóttir and Gay Strandemo share their thoughts upon completing their collaboration on the trilogy of stories Bryndís...

The Icelandic Roots Writers Group used an exercise to create a dialogue between two people planning to emigrate. By Gay Strandemo Sogne...

By Rob Olason Making a trip to Iceland is an inevitable “wish list” activity for many western Icelanders and other travelers who are...

By Bryndís Víglundsdóttir In this paper, I intend to share information I have gathered about the Vikings from books, articles, and...

By Shaune Jonasson Welcome to our first Interesting Icelander of 2024 who also happens to be an important part of this year’s theme, the...

"So many men of lore claimed land, that the whole country was settled in the course of sixty winters so that since it has not been...

By Rob Olason In 2023 Icelandic Roots explored the topic of the nineteenth-century emigration period in Icelandic history. Throughout the...

Icelandic Roots Volunteer Cathy Josephson guides us on a literary journey through the Sagas of the Icelanders that take place in the...

The Icelandic Roots Book Club for Thursday, Nov 2, 2023, will feature The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women with...

I will say a few words here about how Tolkien’s dwarves, elves, dragons and ghosts are partly inspired by medieval Icelandic matter. - Árman