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...

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...

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...

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

king". A description of Cnut appears in the 13th century Icelandic Knýtlinga saga: Knut was exceptionally tall and strong, and the handsomest of men,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Urnehoved). Southern Jutland is mentioned for the first time in the Knýtlinga saga. In the 13th century South Jutland became a duchy. The first duke was...

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...

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...

account of this same event from Jómsvíkinga saga does not reference the magic-worker or the landvættir. Knýtlinga saga, however, retells the account from Heimskringla...

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

wages, the housecarls are seen by some as a type of mercenary; the Knýtlinga saga calls them málamenn ("men receiving wages"), while Florence of Worcester...

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

Kattegat were the Norwegian Sea or Jutland Sea; the latter appears in the Knýtlinga saga. Until the construction of the Eider Canal in 1784 (a predecessor to...

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...

13th century Kings' Sagas, including the Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Ágrip, Knýtlinga saga, Historia Norvegiæ, the Legendary Saga of St. Olaf and the works...

These documents, together with minor German writings and the Icelandic Knýtlinga saga, provide a detailed description of northwestern Slavic religion. The...

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...

successfully capture the bishop and many of the town's inhabitants. The Knýtlinga saga and Gesta Danorum describe another big raid after this one, in the year...

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...

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