Starkad (Old Norse: Starkaðr [ˈstɑrkɑðz̠] or Stǫrkuðr [ˈstɔrkoðz̠]; Latin: Starcaterus; in the Late Middle Ages also Starkodder; modern Danish: Stærkodder)...

King Víkar himself. Starkad (Starkaðr), Víkar's counselor urged a mock hanging from a tree instead, but in giving this advice Starkad had been prompted...

he was killed by Starkad the old. According to Starbäck and Bäckström, Saxo Grammaticus tells a related story in Gesta Danorum. Starkad was accepted with...

is also a second version in Gesta Danorum, concerning the adventures of Starkad, and which is based on the old warrior who restarted the conflict between...

himself he had his twelve hirdmen of whom one was the legendary old warrior Starkad (who had been in the service of Hugleik's grandfather Erik and great-uncle...

Starkad Ski Club was a ski club and literary society during the early days of skiing in Norway. It was established in 1897 by "three hopeful youths around...

to give additional wounds to Starkad, who was greatly angered. She was killed by the champion Thorkell. Furious, Starkad went forth in the Danish army...

and co-kings and it was to them that the warrior Starkad fled after his slaying of King Vikar. Starkad served them first as a companions on their viking...

warrior and he had twelve champions, among whom was the legendary warrior Starkad the Old. The Swedish king Hugleik had also gathered a large army and was...

to avenge his father, Starkad appeared during a banquet that Ingeld had with the sons of Swerting, his father's slayer. Starkad strongly admonished Ingeld...

Old Shieldmaiden Sigi Sigmund Signy Sigurd Sigurd Hring Skirnir Skjöld Starkad Sveigðir Volsung Yngvi and Alf Many dwarves are named in the poem Völuspá...

Jörð Kári Leikn Litr Logi Mögþrasir Móðguðr Rindr Skaði Sinmara Sökkmímir Starkad Surtr Suttungr Þjazi Þökk Þrívaldi Þrúðgelmir Þrymr Útgarða-Loki Vafþrúðnir...

with Högne, his son Dag, Granmar and all of Granmar's sons Hothbrodd, Starkad and Gudmund. Everyone dies but Helgi, Sinfjötli and Högne's youngest son...

is the famous Víkar, king of Hördaland, who was sacrificed to Odin by Starkad. The chain of descent from Alrek to Víkar to Vatnar is also found in Hálfs...

Danish chronicle Gesta Danorum (see below), the old warrior appears as Starkad, and he succeeded in making Ingeld divorce his bride and in turning him...

through a combat. Ragnar and his three sons met the renowned champion Starkad and his seven sons in the sight of the two armies. "Björn, having inflicted...

kills both Högne, Bragi, Dag and Granmar's sons Hothbrodd, Gudmund and Starkad. "CHAPTER IX. How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm...

the legendary Hrólf Kraki of Denmark. However in the section concerning Starkad, the kings of Sweden are the brothers Alrek and Eirík which, if one trusts...

spear and shield of the Saxon Biargram Ironhand. Mael and Starkad leave on the pretext that Starkad must go settle a blood feud with Biargram. Arthur detains...

Gesta Danorum the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus wrote that the Viking Starkad crushed the Curonians, all the tribes of Estonia, and the peoples of Semgala...

defeat for the Norse army, since Sigurd Fanisbane made the Norse champion Starkad flee in panic. It has been suggested that a report of a struggle for the...

parallels to Augustus. Follows the adventurers of the legendary hero, Starkad who is disappointed in the decadent ways of Frothi III's descendants. Is...

Helgi Hundingsbane relate that he had the sons Hothbrodd, Gudmund and Starkad who were slain by Helgi. Snorri relates that when the Swedish king Ingjald...

Bjarki Egil Helgi Hothbrodd Loki Odin Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurd Fafnersbane Starkad Svipdagr Thor Vili and Vé Kaknu Nanabozho Ahura Mazda Ardashir-e Bābakān...

given in the Danish chronicle Gesta Danorum, the old warrior appears as Starkad, and he succeeded in making Ingeld divorce his bride and in turning him...

"Insula Magnetū[m]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets"), off modern-day Murmansk. The man holding the rune staffs is the Norse hero Starkad ("Starcaterus")....

performed. Alfhildr, the daughter of king Alfr of Alfheim, was kidnapped by Starkad Aludreng while she was reddening a horgr with blood. This suggests that...

Västergötland. Ale the Strong ruled in Uppsala for 25 years until he was killed by Starkad the old. After Ale the Strong's death, Aun once again returned to Uppsala...

setting, Gautrekr is the contemporary of legendary characters such as Starkad and the Swedish kings Erik and Alrik. Gautreks saga tells that Gautrekr...

Illustration for Asarne by Per Hendrik Ling, with Storkvid (center), the father of Starkad...