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    13th century. Örvar-Odds saga, the Saga of Örvar-Odd, became very popular and contains old legends and songs. He also appears in Hervarar saga and, concerning...
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    whale-like sea monster reported in the Örvar-Odds saga to have existed in the Greenland Sea. According to the saga, Lyngbakr would bait seafarers by posing...
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  • Hafgufa (section Odd's saga)
    called the Konungs skuggsjá ("King's Mirror"). Later recensions of Örvar-Odds saga feature hafgufa and lyngbakr as similar but distinct creatures. According...
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    characters encounter Christian cultures (one example of both being Örvar-Odds saga). There are also very often mythological elements, such as dwarves...
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  • (2020). "The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga". Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien. Cham: Springer. pp. 157–194...
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    holmgangar during the Viking Age. Sagas where the location appears: Örvar-Odds saga Bósa saga ok Herrauðs Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar One of the islands...
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    song" is found inserted in the older text of Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks as well as in Örvar-Odds saga, though the texts diverge considerably. In German it...
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    5 May 2022. Fox, Michael (2020). Following the formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien. Cham. p. 30. ISBN 978-3030481360.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint:...
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    waters approaching Helluland (Baffin Island, Canada), as described in Örvar-Odds saga. The description of the hafgufa in the King's Mirror suggests a garbled...
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  • such as Landnámabók (S 179 / H 45), Hrólfs saga kraka (3) and Örvar-Odds saga (2), where she predicts Örvar's death. Heiðr is also the name of a child of...
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    December 2020. Fox, Michael (2020). Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds Saga, and Tolkien. Springer. p. 1ff. ISBN 978-3-030-48134-6. Greenblatt...
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    (1900), p. 65 Fox, Michael (2020). Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds Saga, and Tolkien. Edinburgh: Springer Nature. pp. 164, 155. ISBN 9783030481346...
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  • that a song appears from elsewhere in her mouth (Ǫrvar-Odds saga and Hrólfs saga kraka). In Hrólfs saga kraka, it is in the beginning of the trance that...
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    Garðaríki (category Saga locations)
    research articles. Þiðreks saga mentions King Hertnid, who ruled Ruziland and whose capital was Hólmgarðr. Örvar-Odds saga says that all the kings of...
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    Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)". Ask and Embla, the first two...
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  • Hrafnistumannasögur (category Saga stubs)
    northern Norway. Ketils saga hœngs Gríms saga loðinkinna Örvar-Odds saga Áns saga bogsveigis Ketil Trout, the protagonist of Ketils saga hœngs, was the father...
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    Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)". Continuing as late as the 19th...
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    2007). "Litt om ODDS BALLKLUBB" (in Norwegian). Odd Grenland. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010. Saga, Else Jorunn...
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    "heather" + bak "back"), a massive whale-like sea monster reported in the Örvar-Odds saga to have existed in the Greenland Sea Moby Dick, a sperm whale in the...
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    Одде-Стреле осмысляет название Ростов как Rađstofa [The author of the Örvar-Odds saga interprets the name Rostov as Rađstofa] Brumfield, W. (September 6...
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    setting in the poems Helgakviða Hundingsbana II and Oddrúnargrátr, the saga Örvar-Odds saga, in two skaldic kennings, and the aforementioned (see etymology section...
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    Eistland in Ynglinga saga, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar, Haralds saga hárfagra, and Örvar-Odds saga. Snorri Sturluson retells in the Ynglinga saga a story about a...
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    Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)." Theories have been proposed...
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  • Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)." Simek (2007:154). Larrington...
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    Ph.D. in 1888 from the University of Groningen for his edition of Örvar-Odds saga. From 1888 to 1900, he taught Dutch and geography at the gymnasium...
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    par Régis Boyer, Fayard, coll. "L'Espace intérieur", 1992, p. 225. Örvar-Odds Saga, quoted by Wagner 2005, p. 169–170. Słupecki 1998, p. 140. Słupecki...
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    Old Norse parallel in the figure of Örvar-Oddr, "who is rejuvenated after living as a tree-man (Ǫrvar-Odds saga 24–27)".: 189  Theories have been proposed...
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  • Sterbelied (from Ásmundar saga kappabana) Ǫrvar-Odds Sterbelied (from Örvar-Oddr's Saga) Das Valkyrjenlied (from Njál's saga) Kleinere Bruchstücke Aus...
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    68. Tolkien 1960, p. 3. In Hervarar saga named Angantýr, Hjörvard, Hervard1, Hrani, and the two Haddings. Orvar-Odd'saga adds Bildr, Bui, Barri, Tóki...
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    Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23285-2. Byock, Jesse (1999). The Saga of...
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