Western Legends and Lore

A reference graph of 1433 entities drawn from primary sources in the Western tradition of myth, folklore, and legend.

Start with the type maps to understand the shape of the corpus, then move into source maps to see how individual texts distribute attention. Cross-source maps highlight the strongest points of convergence.

By Type

• Beings
• Places
• Works

By Source

• Egil's Saga
• Eyrbyggja Saga
• Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance
• Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)
• Grettir's Saga
• Heimskringla
• Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks
• Hrafnkel's Saga (Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða)
• Laxdæla Saga
• Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas
• Njál's Saga
• Poetic Edda
• Prose Edda
• The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormáks saga)
• The Orkneyinga Saga
• The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald
• Völsunga Saga

Cross-Source

• Cross-Source Entities — attested across multiple primary sources

Trails

• Cross-Source Bridges
• Genealogies
• Marriages and Unions
• Sibling Groups