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    Hylestad is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 570-square-kilometre (220 sq mi) former municipality existed from 1915 until...
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  • The Hylestad Stave Church was a stave church located in Hylestad (now Valle municipality), Setesdal district, Norway. The church was estimated to have...
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    Hylestad Church (Norwegian: Hylestad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Valle Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in...
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    style, from the church at Kirby Hill in England. Wooden carvings from the Hylestad Stave Church of scenes from the Völsunga saga include Sigurd killing Fáfnir...
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  • municipality of Hylestad which existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. Hylestad Church is located in Rysstad. So is a graveyard, Hylestad kyrkjegard...
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    church, dating to the second half of the 12th century. Carvings in the Hylestad Stave Church depict the story of Fáfnir, including his death and the roasting...
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  • Sigurd kills the dragon Fafnir. Wood-carving in Hylestad Stave Church, 12th–13th century. Smaug resembles Fafnir in several respects....
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    Gunnar in snakepit at Hylestad stave church, c. 1200....
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    Sigurd killing Regin in an engraving from the Hylestad Stave Church...
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    size to the hero Sigurd on both the Ramsund carving and carvings from the Hylestad Stave Church. Dwarf names in Eddic sources include Fullangr ('tall enough')...
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    Gjøvdal Grimstad Grøvdal, see Gjøvdal Herefoss Hisøy Holt Hommedal Hornnes Hylestad Høvåg Iveland Justøy Laget Landvik Lillesand Mykland Risør Sandnes Stokken...
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  • Sigurd kills the dragon Fafnir. Wood-carving in Hylestad Stave Church, 12th–13th century....
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    the Sigurd story on their front portals. The most famous of these is the Hylestad Stave Church, likely from around 1200. It shows numerous scenes from Sigurd's...
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  • The Hobbits' fight with Shelob derives from multiple myths. Panel in Hylestad Stave Church showing Sigurd's sword penetrating Fafnir....
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    dragon blood off his thumb, engravings from Hylestad Stave Church The slaying of Regin, engravings from Hylestad Stave Church What justification do the beasts...
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    around 1200 contain carved depictions of the Sigurd legend, including the Hylestad Stave Church and the Vegusdal Stave Church. The Kirk Andreas cross on the...
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    Bishop's Road March" (Bispevegmarsjen) starts at Kleivgrend in Fyresdal. The Hylestad stave church, constructed in the 13th century in Setesdal, was demolished...
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    located in the village of Valle. It is one of the churches for the Valle og Hylestad parish which is part of the Otredal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of...
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    Norwegian dialects. To hear them pronounced, go to "Talemålet i Valle og Hylestad". Retrieved 4 January 2015. The section Uttale av vokalane needs to be...
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  • 2012 Camilla Collett, author 15th century silver buckle 50 kr 1985−97 2012 Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, author, poet Detail from the Hylestad church portal...
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    Valle (population: 658) was separated to form the new municipality of Hylestad. This left Valle with a population of 1,051. During the 1960s, there were...
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  • was born in Valle. On the local political level Rysstad was a member of Hylestad municipal council from 1922 to 1955, serving as mayor in 1934–1937 and...
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  • The Hobbits' fight with Shelob derives from multiple myths. Panel in Hylestad Stave Church showing Sigurd's sword penetrating Fafnir....
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    Hisøy (1881-1992) Holt (1838-1960) Hornnes (1886-1960) Hornnes og Iveland (1838-1886) Hylestad (1915-1962) Høvåg (1865-1962) Landvik (1838-1971) Moland (1962-1992) Mykland (1876-1967)...
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    Hisøy (1881-1992) Holt (1838-1960) Hornnes (1886-1960) Hornnes og Iveland (1838-1886) Hylestad (1915-1962) Høvåg (1865-1962) Landvik (1838-1971) Moland (1962-1992) Mykland (1876-1967)...
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    Hisøy (1881-1992) Holt (1838-1960) Hornnes (1886-1960) Hornnes og Iveland (1838-1886) Hylestad (1915-1962) Høvåg (1865-1962) Landvik (1838-1971) Moland (1962-1992) Mykland (1876-1967)...
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    picture stone is currently on display at the Gotland Museum in Visby. Hylestad Stave Church List of runestones All noted by Richard Hall, Viking Age Archaeology...
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    Hisøy (1881-1992) Holt (1838-1960) Hornnes (1886-1960) Hornnes og Iveland (1838-1886) Hylestad (1915-1962) Høvåg (1865-1962) Landvik (1838-1971) Moland (1962-1992) Mykland (1876-1967)...
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    Hisøy (1881-1992) Holt (1838-1960) Hornnes (1886-1960) Hornnes og Iveland (1838-1886) Hylestad (1915-1962) Høvåg (1865-1962) Landvik (1838-1971) Moland (1962-1992) Mykland (1876-1967)...
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  • Evje og Hornnes 1877-1959 1960–present 0938 Bygland 1837–present 0939 Hylestad 1915-1961 0940 Valle 1837–present 0941 Bykle 1902–present 0980 Åseral 1837-1879...
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