Hervör (Old Norse: Hervǫr) is the name shared by two female characters in the Tyrfing Cycle, presented in The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek with parts found...

Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas in Germanic...

named in Gesta Danorum. Two shield-maidens appear in Hervarar saga. The first of these Hervors was known to have taken up typically masculine roles early...

the 8th and 9th centuries. The Ynglinga saga and Sögubrot make clear that his homeland was Scania. The sagas say that the Danish lands were divided into...

Old Norse sources Völundarkviða (a poem in the Poetic Edda) and Þiðreks saga. In them, Wayland is a smith who is enslaved by a king. Wayland takes revenge...

the Poetic Edda called Hervararkviða, and the Hervarar saga. The name is also used in the saga to denote the Goths. As described in its legends, Tyrfing...

Also Kershaw's translation alongside the Old Norse Hervarar Saga og Heiðreks [The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek] Also in Kershaw, N., ed. (1922), "13. The Battle...

at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. English translation by N. Kershaw: "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek" Archived 2006-12-27 at the Wayback Machine in Stories...

Scandinavian sources that deal with Swedish kings from this time is Hervarar saga. The saga is from the 12th or 13th century and is thus not considered a reliable...

Styrbjǫrn Sterki [ˈstyrˌbjɔrn ˈsterke]; died about 985) according to late Norse sagas was a son of the Swedish king Olof, and a nephew of Olof's co-ruler and...

as The Waking of Angantyr, or The Incantation of Hervor) is an Old Norse poem from the Hervarar saga, and which is sometimes included in editions of the...

Gilchrist (1916). Skáldskaparmal. Crawford, Jackson (2021). Two sagas of mythical heroes : Hervor and Heidrek & Hrólf Kraki and his champions. Indianapolis...

Scandinavian sources that deal with Swedish kings from this time is Hervarar saga. The saga is from the 12th or 13th century and is thus not considered a reliable...

characters from the same line in Norse mythology, and who appear in Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, and Faroese ballads. The last generation named Angantyr also...

be an error for Gaut or Gauti. According to Hervarar saga ok Heidreks konungs ("The Saga of Hervor and King Heidrek") versions H and U: Sigrlami. He was...

name of Halfdan's mother, spouse of Harald the Old, as Hervor, daughter of Heiðrekr. Hervarar saga then tells that Halfdan had the son Ivar Vidfamne, who...

Heidrek, the king of the Geats, in Norse mythology. He appears in the Hervarar saga and probably also as Hlith in Widsith, line 115, together with his father...

Cambridge University Press, pp. 79–150 , e-text Also Kershaw's translation alongside the Old Norse Hervarar Saga og Heiðreks [The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek]...

legendary saga of Hervor's Waking of Angantyr: The name is a shortened form of Thorfrithr, meaning "beautiful Thor" or "peace of Thor". Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks...

in the form of Eddic poetry and in prose sagas, particularly in the legendary sagas such as the Völsunga saga. German sources are made up of numerous heroic...

at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. English translation by N. Kershaw: "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek" Archived December 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine in...

Edda, the Heimskringla (both by Snorri Sturluson) and the Njáls saga (one of the Sagas of Icelanders), all written—or compiled—in the 13th century. They...

Humli is a legendary king of the Huns who appears in the Hervarar Saga. He is the Grandfather of Hlod, illegitimate son of Heidrek, King of the Goths....

Crawford, Jackson (2021). Two sagas of mythical heroes : Hervor and Heidrek & Hrólf Kraki and his champions, Glossary for The Saga of Hrólf Kraki and His Champions...

marries Hervör alvitr, daughters of king Hlödver, while Egil marries Ölrún, a daughter of the Roman Emperor (Kiár of Valland). In the Thidreks saga, Egil...

shieldmaiden Hervör, is one of the casualties, Angantýr looks at his dead brother and laments the cruelty of the norns: In younger legendary sagas, such as...

Company, ISBN 9781624668357 Crawford, Jackson (2021), Two Sagas of Mythical Heroes: Hervor and Heidrek and Hrólf Kraki and His Champions, Indianapolis...

adventures, see Hervor. The fantastical legend of the sword Tyrfing and its dwarfen make is found at the beginning of the later H text of Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks...

populations. According to Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek), a 13th-century legendary saga, Árheimar was the capital of Reidgotaland...

characters in the cycle about the magic sword Tyrfing. He appears in the Hervarar saga, and probably also in Widsith, together with his sons Angantyr (Incgentheow)...