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	King Hrolf Kraki - Introduction - About the Saga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Called Kraki (tall, angular and slender like a pole ladder), Hrolf was widely remembered in the medieval North as one of the most magnificent kings of "ancient times," and the saga draws on a long oral tradition as it describes Hrolf's often treacherous family and recounts the exploits of his famous champions.
		Hrolf's Saga, which was written in prose in fourteenth-century Iceland, has close affinities with the Old English verse epic Beowulf, written sometime in the period from the eighth to the early eleventh centuries.
		Hrolf's Saga devotes a significant share of the narrative to the destiny of female characters, and a significant feature of the text is that important events turn on decisions made by women.
	www.viking.ucla.edu /hrolf/abouthrolf.html (1904 words)

	Hrolf Kraki
		Hrolf's hawk had returned to him, and it was learned that his hawk had killed every single hawks belonging to Adils.
		Hrolf had his sister and brother-in-law to join in the holiday, but in Hjorvard's camp, outside of Hrolf's stronghold, there were no celebration.
		Hjalti admired Hrolf Kraki's skill and courage in battle, who was leading the fight to his enemies, slaying anyone who got in his way with his sword Skofnung.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/hrolf.html (7536 words)

	Hrólf Kraki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hrólf Kraki (Old Norse), Rolf Kraki or Rolf Krake was a legendary king at Lejre on the isle of Zealand, Denmark, described in several old sagas and other documents such as the Leire chronicle and Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus.
		Hrólf Kraki's father is Helgi son of Halfdan.
		Hrolf Kraki fleeing the Swedish king Adils on the Fýrisvellir
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rolf_Krake (850 words)

	Eadgils - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Hrólf Kraki tradition, Adils (Eadgils) captured and married Yrsa (Yrs), the mother of Hrólf Kraki (Hrothulf).
		Hrólf sent his twelve companions, led by Bödvar Bjarki (who it is often remarked has similarities with Beowulf), Áli was defeated in the Battle on the Ice and Adils gained the kingdom.
		This time was the beginning of the Vendel Age, a time characterised by the appearance of stirrups and a powerful mounted warrior elite in Sweden, which rich graves in for instance Valsgärde and Vendel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adils (824 words)

	The Saga Of King Hrolf Kraki - Anonymous - Penguin Classics
		Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf’s Saga recalls ancient Scandinavia of the Migration Period, when the warrior chieftain King Hrolf ruled in Denmark.
		Combining heroic legend, myth and magic, Hrolf’s Saga is full of wizards, sorceresses, and ‘berserker’ fighters, originally members of a cult of Odin.
		Most startling is the central love triangle: Hrolf’s father, a man of insatiable appetites, unknowingly abducts his daughter, who later marries the despised sorcerer, King Adils of Sweden.
	www.penguinclassics.co.uk /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,10_014043593X,00.html (317 words)

	HROLF KRAKI'S SAGA (Poul Anderson) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hrolf was a sort of Arthurian equivalent of the northern folk tales and myths, but Anderson brought him to life in this novelized retelling of his exploits.
		This story is a dark, fatalistic and ultimately moving retelling of the legend of the Scandinavian king, Hrolf Kraki.
		But Hrolf is star-crossed, the product of an unfortunate liaison between unhappy lovers (he is both son and brother to his mother) and scion of a family of violent and bloody strivers, a hero who, in the end, must defend all he has against the predations of his kin.
	www.interference.com /webstore/us/product/0345258460.htm (650 words)

	Eadgils (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Eadgils (Beowulf), Adils the Great, or Athisl (Saxo Grammaticus) (all forms are based an older Aðgils, the Anglo-Saxon form is not etymologically identical but it was the only corresponding name used by the Anglo-Saxons) was a Swedish king of the house of Scylfings.
		Eadgils figures in several sources which suggests that they are based on real events in which a civil war erupted in Sweden between Eadgils and his uncle Onela, which Eadgils won by hiring outside assistance.
		Hrólf sent his twelve companions, led by Bödvar Bjarki (the counterpart of Beowulf in Scandinavian sources), Onela was defeated and Eadgils gained the kingdom.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Eadgils (761 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Hrólfs saga kraka [The Saga of King Hrólf Kraki]
		Hrólfs saga kraka, the Saga of King Hrólf kraki, is a colourful and dramatic prose account of legendary events in and around Denmark that was composed in Iceland in the later Middle Ages.
		On the basis of comparison with these and other texts the events of the saga may be dated to the late fifth and the sixth centuries, but a long oral tradition precedes the composition of the written saga and during that period any historical kernel there may once have been has been much embellished.
		Although Hrólfr is not involved in all the action (and is not even born until well in to the saga) the narrative always involves characters who are either his blood-relatives or members of his band of warriors.
	www.litencyc.com /php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=13133 (1440 words)

	La semence de Kraki
		Hrolf Kraki avait répondu à l'invitation de son beau-père afin de combattre Ali de Norvège, mais le Danemark étant lui-même fortement menacé à ses frontières méridionales en raison de la guerre qui l'opposait aux Saxons, il n'envoya que douze hommes choisis parmi les troupes d'élites, ses guerriers-fauves : les bersekers !
		Hrolf avait en vérité demandé un bien grand salaire pour son aide militaire, mais il n'en demeurait pas moins qu'Adils avait rompu le pacte et qu'une telle attitude demandait réparation.
		Le roi Hrolf Kraki intima alors l'ordre à ses soldats de jeter leur bouclier dans le feu afin que le palais entier s'en consumât.
	www.imperia-europa.org /Mythologie/Pages/autressemencekraki.htm (1211 words)

	Hrolf Kraki de Poul Anderson,
		Violent, barbare et sombre, la cycle de Hrolf Kraki est une puissante évocation de cet autre temps, cet autre âge, qui par sa profonde méditation sous-jacente est un grand hommage à une pensée scandinave méconnue et un hymne à la fantasy barbare.
		Se démarquant des récits germaniques, Hrolf Kraki imprime la marque des grandes sagas scandinaves dans l’histoire de la Fantasy.
		Hrolf Kraki, Poul Anderson, Le Bélial, traduit de l’anglais (américain) par Pierre- Paul Durastanti, Couverture de Guillaume Sorel, 19 Euros.
	www.sfmag.net /article.php3?id_article=1048 (752 words)

	kraki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kraki Kronarsson rode behind, chanting the sagas of his barbarian youth to himself.
		KRAKI HROLFR KRAKI, perhaps the most famous of the Danish kings of the heroic age.
		Kraki is Norse for "pole-ladder," and this was the symbol of one of...
	www.insiderpress.pl /kraki.html (451 words)

	Encyclopedia: Grendel
		Grendles Modor (or Grendels Mother -- she is never given a proper name in the poem) is one of three antagonists (along with Grendel and the dragon) in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf (c.
		A similar story appears in HrÃ³lf Kraki's saga.
		BÃ¶dvar Bjarki is the hero appearing in tales of HrÃ³lf Kraki in the Saga of HrÃ¶lf Kraki, in the Latin epitome to the lost SkjÃ¶ldunga saga, and as Biarco in Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Grendel (2334 words)

	The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Penguin Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There are also tales about his champions, their families and how they came to be in the service of Hrolf.
		This new translation of the Norse epic brings clear a tale that is very similar to the story of Beowulf---however, it is told from the Norse point of view.lt;pgt;This is a MUST READ for anyone interested in the Vikings.
		It is an example of a form of Icelandic saga based on the legendary or semi-legendary Norse past rather that the family or historical basis of many well known Icelandic sagas.
	www.historyamericas.com /The_Saga_of_King_Hrolf_Kraki_Penguin_Classics_014043593X.html (412 words)

	Le Dannebrog - Odin n'a pas Thor
		Hrolf et ses berserks sautèrent à cheval et descendirent au galop la vallée.
		Hrolf Kraki jeta un coup d'il en arrière et vit le roi Adils penché.
		Or le roi Hrolf avait coutume d'organiser chaque année à Noël une grande fête et d'inviter à son palais la plupart de ses chefs et des gouverneurs de ses terres vassales.
	www.laisnessen.com /odin.php?pages=19 (1759 words)

	physics - Skuld
		Skuld is the name of two characters in Scandinavian mythology, one was one of the three norns in Norse Mythology, and the second one was a princess who married Hjörvard, Hrólf Kraki's killer.
		Skuld was also a princess who married Heoroweard and encouraged him to kill Hrólf Kraki.
		However, according to Hrólf Kraki's saga she was the daughter of Helgi, whereas Saxo is vague whether it was Adils or Helgi who was her father.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Skuld (349 words)

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		In Upsala herrschte ein König, Adils genannt, der Yrsa, Hrolf Krakis Mutter, zur Frau hatte.
		Sie berichteten dies dem König Hrolf, der sich sogleich bereit machte, gen Upsala zu fahren, und als er mit seinen Schiffen in den Fyrifluß kam, ritt er gen Upsala, und seine zwölf Berserker mit ihm, die da friedlos waren.
		Da wandte sich Hrolf Kraki, und als er sah, wie sich jener bückte, sprach er: Wie ein Schwein gebogen hab ich nun den, welcher der reichste in Schweden war.
	www.boudicca.de /edda47.htm (808 words)

	comparison compare contrast essays - Essay Comparing the Events and Characters of Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf ...
		The Cambridge History of English and American Literature states that the hero of the poem Beowulf may be the same person as Bodvar Biarki, the chief of Hrolfr Kraki’s knights (v1, ch3, s3, n13).
		The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki would be both of these.
		Jesse Byock says: “the earliest accounts of the characters in Hrolf’s Saga come from Anglo-Saxon England, where writing in Roman letters had been adopted in the seventh century, several centuries earlier than in Scandinavi...
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=5604 (1558 words)

	Hrolf Kraki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Voici la superbe saga de Hrolf Kraki, le plus grand roi dane du Haut Moyen Age, une saga qui commence dans les années tourmentées qui précèdent sa venue au monde.
		Né d'un amour incestueux, Hrolf Kraki devra lutter contre des ennemis implacables pour accéder au trône et tenter d'imposer la lueur d'un début de civilisation à son pays.
		Hrolf Kraki a reçu, en 1974, le Prix August Derleth du meilleur roman fantastique de l'année.
	sf.marseille.mecreant.org /ouvrage/ouv022614.htm (215 words)

	The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki - Jesse Byock - Penguin Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf’s Saga recalls ancient Scandinavia of the Migration Period, when the warrior chieftain King Hrolf ruled in Denmark.
		Combining heroic legend, myth and magic, Hrolf’s Saga is full of wizards, sorceresses, and ‘beserker’ fighters, originally members of the cult of Odin.
		Most startling is the central love triangle: Hrolf’s father, a man of insatiable appetites, unknowingly abducts his daughter, who later marries the despised sorcerer King Adils of Sweden.
	us.penguinclassics.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,10_014043593X,00.html (316 words)

	Eadgils - Slider
		In the Hrólf Kraki tradition, Adils (Eadgils) captured and married Yrsa (Yrs), the mother of Hrólf Kraki (Hrothulf).
		This time was the beginning of the Vendel Age, a time characterised by the appearance of stirrups and a powerful mounted warrior elite in Sweden, which rich graves in for instance Valsgärde and Vendel.
		According to Saxo Grammaticus, Eadgils (Athisl) was defeated by Roulf (Hrólf Kraki, Hrothulf) and replaced.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/Eadgils (806 words)

	Medoburg Kindred (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Some of these are out of print, but I've included them because finding used fiction is usually easier than finding out-of-print scholarly works.
		Reconstruction and novelization of the life of the semi-legendary hero Hrolf Kraki.
		Anderson admires "chivalry" and is somewhat out of sympathy with the Viking Age, but this book is very well researched and an enjoyable read.
	www.medoburg.org /resources/groaslist_4.asp (183 words)

	Stories from Skaldskaparmál
		King Aðils sent a message to Hrólf Kraki to come to his assistance, promising to pay every man in his army while they were campaigning, and the king himself was to choose for his own three treasures from Sweden.
		At that Hrólf Kraki and all of them jumped up, and he said: "Let's make the fires at Aðils' still larger", and taking his shield he flung it on to the fire and jumped over it while it was still burning.
		King Hrólf Kraki turned round then, saw him stooping down and said: "I've made the mightiest of the Swedes grovel like a pig", and with that they parted.
	www.angelfire.com /on/Wodensharrow/skaldskaparmal.html (8646 words)

	The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf's Saga recalls ancient Scandinavia of the Migration Period, when the warrior chieftain King Hrolf ruled in Denmark.In the old Norse world, King Hrolf served as a symbol of courage.
		Combining heroic legend, myth and magic, Hrolf's Saga is full of wizards, sorceresses and 'berserker' fighters, originally members of a cult of Odin.
		A powerful human drama with deep historical roots, extraordinary events and fierce battle scenes, Hrolf's Saga ranks among the masterworks of the Middle Ages.
	viking.hgo.se /Books/Hrolf.html (145 words)

	hrolf - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Hrolf : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Hrolf : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=hrolf&last=hrlook&loc=spell (99 words)

	Three Ancient Kings: Gilgamesh, Hrolf Kraki, Conary (Barbara Leonie Picard) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first is Gilgamesh, king of Erech (Uruk), an ancient city of Mesopotamia; he gained the friendship of Enkidu, fought terrible monsters, and strove for immortality.
		The second is Hrolf Kraki, king of Denmark; he collected Viking heroes around him and avenged the death of his father.
		The third is Conary (Conaire), high king of Ireland; rising to kingship he was brought down by a fairy curse laid on his family in the days of his grandfather.
	www.interference.com /webstore/us/product/0723260915.htm (220 words)

	comparison compare contrast essays - Essay Comparing Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
		There are so many similarities between the hero of the poem Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, an Iceland saga representing 1000 years of oral traditions prior to the 1300’s when it was written, that these similarities cannot be attributed solely to coincidence.
		The Cambridge History of English and American Literature states that the hero of the poem, Beowulf himself, may be the same person as Bodvar Biarki, the chief of Hrolfr Kraki’s knights (v1, ch3, s3, n13).
		In The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, Bodvar is the grandson of a king (Hring); in Beowulf the hero is the grandson of a king (Hrethel).
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=5518 (1551 words)

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