since then (e.g. Ciklamini 1984, Tulinius 2004 for Egils saga and Einarsson for Rauðúlfs þáttr). Gunnarsson 1995 and Birgisson 2004, tested hypotheses about the dimensions of human settlement in a ritual landscape, the latter one in Sweden and Denmark. Recent developments in archaeoastronomy and the growing awareness of ritual landscapes have tended to underpin Einar's theories. Bibliography Books by Einar Pálsson In Icelandic Baksvið Njálu (The Background of Njáls Saga), 1969. Mímir, Reykjavík. Trú og landnám (Religion and the Settlement of Iceland), 1970. Mímir, Reykjavík. Tíminn og Eldurinn (Time and Fire), 1972. Mímir, Reykjavík. Steinkross (Stone Cross), 1976. Mímir, Reykjavík. Rammislagur (Rammislagur), 1978. Mímir, Reykjavík. Arfur Kelta (Celtic Heritage), 1981. Mímir, Reykjavík. Hvolfþak himins (The Dome of Heaven), 1985. Mímir, Reykjavík. Stefið. Heiðinn siður og Hrafnkels saga (The Theme. Paganism and Hrafnkels Saga),1988. Mímir, Reykjavík. Egils Saga og Úlfar tveir (Egils Saga and Two Wolves), 1990. Mímir, Reykjavík. Alþingi hið forna (The Ancient Althing), 1991. Mímir, Reykjavík. Kristnitakan og Kirkja Péturs í Skálaholti (The Conversion to Christianity and the Church of St Peter in Skálaholt), 1995. Mímir, Reykjavík. In English The Sacred Triangle of Pagan Iceland, 1993. Mímir, Reykjavík. Evil and the Earth. The Symbolic Background of Mörðr Valgarðsson in Njáls Saga. A Study in Medieval Allegory, 1994. Mímir, Reykjavík. Allegory of Njáls Saga and its basis in Pythagorean thought, 1998. Mímir, Reykjavík. Other related bibliography Andrén, Anders, Kristina Jennbert, and Catharina Raudvere, eds. 2006. Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes and Interactions. Nordic Academic Press. 416 pp. . References 1925 births 1996 deaths Einar Palsson