Knýtlinga saga (The Saga of Cnut's Descendants) is an Icelandic kings' saga written in the 1250s, which deals with the kings who ruled Denmark from the...

modern-day Norway. Under the House of Knýtlinga, early state formation in Denmark occurred. In 1018 AD the House of Knýtlinga brought the crowns of Denmark and...

number of medieval Icelandic sources, including Eyrbyggja saga, Knýtlinga saga, and Hervarar saga. An account is found in the Old Norse translation of Oddr...

being Thora (Tófa ?). Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa Eyrbyggja saga Hervarar saga Knýtlinga saga Gesta Danorum Arrild Huitfeld: "Danmarckis Rigis Krønicke...

story are also retold in Eyrbyggja saga, Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum (book 10), Knýtlinga saga and Hervarar saga. He is also mentioned in the Heimskringla...

Sturluson, c. 1230. Knýtlinga saga, probably by Ólafr Þórðarson, c. 1260. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar, by Sturla Þórðarson, c. 1265. Magnúss saga lagabœtis, by...

edition of materials relating to the Skjöldunga saga, see Danakonunga sǫgur: Skjǫldunga saga, Knýtlinga saga, Ágrip af sǫgu danakonunga Islenzk fornrit XXXV...

unknown functions mentioned in only two sources: Gesta Danorum and in Knýtlinga saga. The only historical information about this god is a description of...

Þorgils Sprakaleggs in Knýtlinga saga and in two works of Snorri Sturluson – Óláfs saga helga in Heimskringla, and the Separate Saga of St. Olaf – each time...

closer to an alternative battle site. The battle is mentioned briefly in Knýtlinga saga which quotes a verse of skaldic poetry by Óttarr svarti, one of Cnut's...

left in Sweden, she would have been one of his heirs. According to the Knýtlinga saga, Catherine married the Danish prince Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside. Only...

was fittingly named St. Clement Danes. A contradictory account in the Knýtlinga saga (13th century) reports Harold buried in the city of Morstr, alongside...

Grammaticus and the Knýtlinga saga, Galicieulv was grandfather of Boedil Thurgotsdatter, the wife of Eric I of Denmark. The Knýtlinga saga is one of the main...

in 1016, preserved in Óláfs saga helga and Flateyjarbók (fol. 186v), and in a shorter version in Knýtlinga saga. Óláfs saga attributes the poem to Olaf...

Styrbjörn with a strong force with which Styrbjörn terrorized the seas. The Knýtlinga saga agrees by giving Harald as the founder of the Jomsvikings, but the story...

the Danish reconquest of England. The battle is mentioned briefly in Knýtlinga saga which quotes a verse of skaldic poetry by Óttarr svarti, one of Cnut's...

kappabana, where it is the lake by Agnafit (modern Stockholm), and also in Knýtlinga saga. In spite of Snorri's identification, tourist information about the...

together with Svetovit, Rugievit, Turupid, Puruvit and Pizamar in the Knýtlinga saga. The fifth god was called Pizamar from a place called Jasmund, and was...

names along the lines of Goderak: Guðakrsá ('God-field's river') in Knýtlinga saga chapter 119 and Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum in the phrase ad Gudacram...

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...

name of a goddess, the wife of Perun. Pizamar – deity mentioned in the Knýtlinga saga. The exact reading of the name is unclear, which has led some scholars...

unknown functions mentioned in only two sources: Gesta Danorum and in Knýtlinga saga. The only historical information about this god is the description of...

Munsö and through Tyra a descendant of Harald Bluetooth of the House of Knýtlinga. His brother Eilaf was an earl of King Cnut the Great and his sister Gytha...

worshipped on Rügen, mentioned in only two sources: Gesta Danorum and in Knýtlinga saga. His temple, along with those of Porevit and Porenut, was located in...

both the Skagerrak and Kattegat was the Norwegian Sea or Jutland Sea (Knýtlinga saga mentions the name Jótlandshaf). Its ancient Latin name was Sinus Codanus...

hath no pleasure save to fill, to swill, and to call for more." The Knýtlinga saga treats the death of Harthacnut as the end of an ancient line of kings...

Gunnhildr. According to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla (c. 1230) and the Knýtlinga saga (1250s) she was the child of the Norwegian jarl Svein Håkonsson and...

also became a prestigious poet. Þórðr Kolbeinsson All extant poetry Heimskringla Laing's translation Knýtlinga saga Extract Bjarnar saga Hítdælakappa...

1156–1160), and the mother of King Canute I of Sweden. According to the Knýtlinga saga, Christina was the daughter of Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside, son of the...

Slavorum and Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum; he is also mentioned by Knýtlinga saga. Saxo writes most extensively about Svetovit, his description of this...