Hrólfs saga kraka, the Saga of King Rolf Kraki, is a late legendary saga on the adventures Hrólfr Kraki, a semi-legendary king in what is now Denmark,...
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Hrólfr Kraki (redirect from Rolf Kraka)
Fornaldarsögur norðurlanda: Hrólfs saga kraka ok kappa hans Sagnanet: Hrólfs saga kraka Anderson, Poul (1973). Hrolf Kraki's Saga. New York: Ballantine Books...
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Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar - A saga about a Swedish warrior princess who is won by a Geatish prince. Hrólfs saga kraka; A saga which...
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Skuld (princess) (section Hrólfs saga kraka)
married Heoroweard and encouraged him to kill Hroðulf (Hrólfr Kraki) in Hrólfs saga kraka. The accounts of her vary greatly from source to source. Skuld is...
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Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum, Icelandic sagas Hrólfs saga kraka, the Skjöldunga saga and the Ynglinga saga, Norse mythological poems Skáldskaparmál and...
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Eadgils (section Skjöldunga saga)
texts: Hrólfs saga kraka ok kappa hans in Old Norse from heimskringla.no University of Oregon: Norse: Fornaldarsögur norðurlanda: Hrólfs saga kraka ok kappa...
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Norns (section Legendary sagas)
the cruelty of the norns: In younger legendary sagas, such as Norna-Gests þáttr and Hrólfs saga kraka, the norns appear to have been synonymous with völvas...
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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 she breathes...
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appearing in tales of Hrólfr Kraki in the Hrólfs saga kraka, in the Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga saga, and as Biarco in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta...
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Signy (section In Völsunga saga)
Illugi. A fourth Signy was Hroðgar's sister in Skjöldunga saga and Hrólfs saga kraka. She is unnamed in Beowulf. Signy was the only daughter of King Völsung...
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of sagas such as the Völsunga saga, Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna, Hrólfs saga kraka, Norna-Gests þáttr, and Ragnars saga loðbrókar. The Prose Edda would...
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man." An example of referring to one as magnanimous can be seen in Hrólfs saga kraka where King Hrólfr Kraki changes the name of a court servant from Hott...
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in several works 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...
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Elgfróði (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
clear if he was intended to be depicted with two or four legs. In Hrólfs saga kraka, the sole surviving medieval source referencing Elgfróði, he is the...
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Ambale's Saga, besides romantic additions, some traits point to an earlier version of the tale. Also comparable is the medieval Hrólfs saga kraka, where...
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if it was drawn it must "taste blood" before it can be resheathed. Hrólfs saga kraka, Chapter 45. One of the translations by Peter Tunstall (2005). Oakeshott...
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century or the 7th century (in the Norse sagas) Thorir (the brother of Bödvar Bjarki and Elgfróði in Hrólfs saga kraka) Sigar?, the father of Siggeir, who...
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is an allusion to a legend retold in Skáldskaparmál and Hrólfs saga kraka in which King Hrolf and his men scattered gold on the plains (vellir) of the...
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ISBN 9780859914727. Olson, Oscar Ludvig (1916). "The Relation of the Hrólfs saga kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf". Publications of the Society for the...
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the English Nation, p. 294. ISBN 0-941694-09-7 The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf by Olson, 1916, at Project Gutenberg...
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combination of Norse sagas. In Hrólfs saga kraka, Bödvar Bjarki adopts the shape of a great bear when he goes to fight. In the Völsunga saga, Sigmund dresses...
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(2007). "Hrólfs Saga Kraka and Sámi Bear Rights" (PDF). Saga-Book. 31: 5–21. Olrik, Axel (1907). "Siward Digri of Northumberland" (PDF). Saga-Book. 5:...
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suggested as a possible parallel; he survives in Hrólfs saga kraka and Saxo's Gesta Danorum, while Hrolf Kraki, one of the Scyldings, appears as "Hrothulf"...
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American-Scandinavian Foundation. Olson, Oscar Ludvig (1916). "The Relation of the Hrólfs saga kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf". Publications of the Society for the...
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Hrothgar (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
in Gesta Danorum, Skjöldunga saga and Bjarkarímur, but not in Hrólfr Kraki's saga. The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf...
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poem Beowulf Bödvar Bjarki Old Norse "Warlike little-bear" Hero of Hrólfs saga kraka; a skin-changer, bear by day, a man by night berserker Old English...
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Halga (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf by Olson, 1916, at Project Gutenberg Nerman (1925:150) The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and...
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Yrsa (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
library The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf by Olson, 1916, at Project Gutenberg Hrólf Kraki's saga in English translation...
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Vöggr (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
Norse Hrólfs saga kraka ok kappa hans: The Saga of Hrolf Kraki and his Champions. Trans. Peter Tunstall (2003). Available at The Saga of Hrolf Kraki Archived...
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Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-3501-4576-4. Shippey, Tom (2010). ""Hrólfs saga kraka" and the Legend of Lejre". In Martin, Arnold; Finlay, Alison (eds...
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