Hrólfr Kraki (Old Norse: [ˈhroːlvz̠ ˈkrɑke]), Hroðulf, Rolfo, Roluo, Rolf Krage (early 6th century) was a semi-legendary Danish king who appears in both...
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Hrólfs saga kraka (redirect from Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
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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Eadgils (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
that Hrólfr had the thin face of a pole ladder, a Kraki. Happy with his new cognomen Hrólfr gave Vöggr a golden ring, and Vöggr swore to avenge Hrólfr if...
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Hrothgar (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
the Hrólfr Kraki's saga make Froda the brother of Healfdene, the Skjöldunga saga and Bjarkarímur make Ingeld the brother of Healfdene. Hrólfr Kraki's saga...
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Halga (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
(Heoroweard), Hrólfr Kraki's killer. Missing Yrsa, Helgi went to Uppsala to fetch her, but was killed by Aðils in battle. He was succeeded by his son Hrólfr. The...
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Yrsa (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
characterized as the wife of Swedish king Eadgils and mother of Danish king Hrólfr Kraki. Her legacy is recorded in several different versions. In all versions...
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Scandinavian legend who married Heoroweard and encouraged him to kill Hroðulf (Hrólfr Kraki) in Hrólfs saga kraka. The accounts of her vary greatly from source to...
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Vöggr (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
that Hrólfr had the thin face of a pole ladder, a Kraki. Happy with his new cognomen Hrólfr gave Vöggr a golden ring, and Vöggr swore to avenge Hrólfr if...
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ˈbjɑrki]), meaning 'Warlike Little-Bear', is the hero appearing in tales of Hrólfr Kraki in the Hrólfs saga kraka, in the Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga...
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killed by Hrólfr Kraki or his successor as the ruler of Zealand (the Danish heartland). In Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum (Book 2), Hrólfr Kraki kills a...
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saga and Hversu Noregr byggdist tell the tale of a Valdar who succeeded Hrólfr Kraki as King of Scania. This Valdar was the father of Harald the Old. The...
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Elgfróði (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
provenance. He sets Bödvar Bjarki on his way, recommending him to seek out Hrolf Kraki and join his company. As he's leaving, Elgfróði gives his brother a push...
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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 to Hjalti for his new-found...
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lice suddenly attacked him and ate him to death. Thereupon Halga's son Hrólfr kraki was made king. In Gesta Danorum, book 7, Saxo Grammaticus tells of a...
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When the evil half-elven princess Skuld assembles her army to attack Hrólfr Kraki, it contains in addition to undead warriors, elves and norns. The belief...
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not appear in Scandinavian sources, King Hroðulf's (Hrólfr Kraki) hall is mentioned in Hrólf Kraki's saga as Hleiðargarðr, and located in Lejre. The medieval...
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Press. ISBN 0-520-23285-2. Byock, Jesse (1999). The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. The Penguin Group. ISBN 014043593X. Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda. Translated...
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Halfdan Halga (Helge), 6th century?, son of Halfdan Hrólfr Kraki, son of Halga After Hrólf Kraki no two sources give the same succession. Adam of Bremen...
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Hrólf Kraki Tradition Hrólf Kraki's saga Ynglinga saga Lejre Chronicle Gesta Danorum Beowulf People Hrólfr Kraki Halfdan Helgi Yrsa Adils Áli Bödvar Bjarki...
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traditions have little more in common than his living a few generations after Hrólfr Kraki, his name and his title. In the Danish tradition, he is described as...
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who appears in the form of an animal, as Bödvar Bjarki in the saga of Hrólfr Kraki. In Norse mythology, hamingja (Old Norse "luck") refers to two concepts:...
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sons ♂Egill Vendilkráka ♂Helgi ♂Áli ♂Óttarr ♀Yrsa ♂Aðils ♂Aunmundr ♂Hrólfr kraki ♂Eysteinn ♂Gauti ♂Ingvarr ♂Óláfr hinn skyggni ♂Gautrekr ♂Óláfr ♂Sigvarðr...
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of Hrólfr (Hroðulf) and so sent an embassy to Hrólfr asking him for help against Áli. He would receive three valuable gifts in recompense. Hrólfr was...
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Press. ISBN 0-520-23285-2. Byock, Jesse (1998). The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. Penguin Classics. ISBN 014043593X. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past...
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able to shapeshift into a bear and uses this ability to fight for king Hrólfr Kraki. "Men saw that a great bear went before King Hrolf's men, keeping always...
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Edda, Egil's Saga, Grettir's Saga, the Eyrbyggja saga and the Saga of Hrolfr Kraki as additional influences. Archaeologist Neil Price at Uppsala University...
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Wigg, man in Scandinavian legend notable for giving Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf in Beowulf) his cognomen kraki, and for avenging his death WIGG (AM), defunct radio...
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the mill-frame snap. They then sing a prophecy of vengeance mentioning Hrólfr Kraki, Yrsa, Fróði and Halfdan: Now filled with a great rage, the girls grind...
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of later heroic poetry, possibly including the Norse saga character Hrólfr Kraki. The Herul kingdom was somewhere in the area of northern Lower Austria...
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sons ♂Egill Vendilkráka ♂Helgi ♂Áli ♂Óttarr ♀Yrsa ♂Aðils ♂Aunmundr ♂Hrólfr kraki ♂Eysteinn ♂Gauti ♂Ingvarr ♂Óláfr hinn skyggni ♂Gautrekr ♂Óláfr ♂Sigvarðr...
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