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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according to Snorri, the Danish king Hrólf Kraki died. And indeed Hrólf Kraki is one of the kings whom Ref visits in the saga. Another king visited by Ref is...
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and Hróar (called Hrothgar in Beowulf). Helgi is father of the famous Hrólf Kraki (called Hrothulf in Beowulf). In Beowulf, another son of Healfdene/Halfdan...
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Bödvar Bjarki (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
hero appearing in tales of Hrólfr Kraki in the Hrólfs saga kraka, in the Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga saga, and as Biarco in Saxo Grammaticus'...
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Elgfróði (section Hrólfr Kraki's saga)
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...
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mythological weapons such as Dáinsleif and Bödvar Bjarki's sword in Hrolf Kraki's Saga that, once it has been drawn, it cannot be sheathed until it has drawn...
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Skáldskaparmal. Crawford, Jackson (2021). Two sagas of mythical heroes : Hervor and Heidrek & Hrólf Kraki and his champions. Indianapolis, Indiana: Hackett...
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naval voyage, where he kills a beast, finds a parallel in Hrólf Kraki's saga. In this saga, Bödvar Bjarki leaves Gautland and arrives at the Danish court...
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no major consensus. Another example of "hamrammr" comes from the Saga of Hrólf Kraki. One tale within tells the story of Bödvar Bjarki, a berserker who...
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(2012) Breve Historia de los Vikingos (versión extendida), Ed. Nowtilus, ISBN 978-84-9967-345-5 p. 28 The saga of King Hrolf Kraki, trad. Jesse Byock, Penguin...
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adventures at Lejre, the best known is the fourteenth-century Icelandic Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. Archeological excavations undertaken since the 1980s have produced...
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Ingeld (section Skjöldunga saga and Bjarkarímur)
library The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf by Olson, 1916, at Project Gutenberg Hrólf Kraki's saga in English translation...
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English by Peter Tunstall as an appendix to his translation of the Saga of Hrolf Kraki. This translation was erroneously given the title "The Chronicle...
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example of 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...
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Bear's Son Tale (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
as a companion to Hrólf Kraki in the legendary saga Hrólfs saga kraka. Another literary incident is in the Grettis saga, or the saga of Grettir the Strong...
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Beowulf (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
traditions and accounts, including the Icelandic Grettis saga, the Norse story of Hrolf Kraki and his bear-shapeshifting servant Bodvar Bjarki, the international...
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borrowed to create Hamlet. Similar accounts are found in the Icelandic Saga of Hrolf Kraki and the Roman legend of Lucius Junius Brutus, both of which feature...
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Nordisk Familjebok. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). p. 349. Byock, Jesse (1999). The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. Penguin Classics. ISBN 014043593X. Stories and Ballads of the...
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– Legendary Persian sword. Skofnung – sword of legendary Danish king Hrólf Kraki. Thunderbolt – as wielded by various mythological deities such as Zeus...
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King Hrolf Kraki, where Bodvar Bjarki turns into a bear during a battle as a last stand. These transformations are possibly implied in the saga descriptions...
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Fornjót (category Orkneyinga saga characters)
appears in Gautreks saga and in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar. Ingeborg appears in the Tyrfing Cycle, e.g. Orvar-Odd's saga and Hervarar saga. Áli's inclusion...
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appears in Gautreks saga and in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar. Ingeborg appears in the Tyrfing Cycle, e.g. Orvar-Odd's saga and Hervarar saga. Áli's inclusion...
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California 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...
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Thidreks saga, born to a human queen when an elf visited her while the king was away. Skuld was a Danish princess, as told in Hrólf Kraki's saga. King Helgi...
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California Press. ISBN 0-520-23285-2. Byock, Jesse (1998). The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. Penguin Classics. ISBN 014043593X. Cleasby, Richard; Vigfússon, Gudbrand...
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California 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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appears in Gautreks saga and in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar. Ingeborg appears in the Tyrfing Cycle, e.g. Orvar-Odd's saga and Hervarar saga. Áli's inclusion...
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California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23285-3. Byock, Jesse (1999). The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. Penguin Classics. ISBN 014043593X. Stories and Ballads of the...
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Germanic boar helmet (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Finnsburg. Boston: D.C. Heath & Company. Byock, Jesse (1999). The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. The Penguin Group. ISBN 014043593X. Heaney, Seamus (2000). Beowulf:...
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