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Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a
patriotic work of
Danish history, by the 12th-century
author Saxo
Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally...
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Danish ruler. The
first to do so is Saxo
Grammaticus in his work
Gesta Danorum (c. 1200). This work
mixes Norse legend with data
about Danish history...
- the main
advisor to
Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the
author of the
Gesta Danorum, the
first full
history of Denmark, from
which the
legend of
Amleth would...
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Gesta Danorum (English: "Deeds of the Danes"),
called Gesta Danorum på danskæ ("Deeds of the
Danes in Danish") to
distinguish it from the
better known...
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Grammaticus recorded an
alternative version of this myth in his
Gesta Danorum. In this version, the
mortal hero Høtherus and the demi-god
Balderus compete...
- 7th-century[citation needed] king of
Zealand or Denmark, who
appears in
Gesta Danorum,
Gesta Danorum på danskæ, Sögubrot, Njáls saga,
Hversu Noregr byggðist, Skjöldunga...
- name
given to the
father of
Amlethus (Amleth) in Saxo Grammaticus'
Gesta Danorum.
Comparative studies of the
various myths where the
figure is involved...
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castle was
referred to as the "Castle of the Danes", in
Latin castrum danorum and in
contemporary archaic Estonian taani linna. From the latter, the...
- co-wrote the
screenplay with Sjón.
Based on the
legend of
Amleth from
Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, the film
follows Amleth, a
Viking prince who sets...
- the
daughter of an earl of Jutland, or a
German subject. In the
Gesta Danorum, Saxo
Grammaticus describes her as the
daughter of the
English king Ethelred...
