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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...
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appearing in two
medieval Scandinavian legendary texts:
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks and (in the
Latinised form as Gestiblindus) in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta...
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listed first in most
medieval Swedish king lists. The
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks has in some
versions an
addition which gives a
regnal list of
Sweden following...
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Heidrek or Heiðrekr (Old Norse: [ˈhɛiðˌrekz̠]) is one of the main
characters in the
cycle about the
magic sword Tyrfing. He
appears in the
Hervarar saga...
- use.
Impenetrable armour occurs in
Norse mythology in
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks, a
story that
Tolkien certainly knew and
could have used for his mithril...
- by the 10th
century skald Úlfr Uggason). In
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks, the poem
Heiðreks gátur
contains a
riddle that
mentions Sleipnir and Odin: 36....
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female characters in the
Tyrfing Cycle,
presented in The Saga of Hervör and
Heidrek with
parts found in the
Poetic Edda. The first, the
Viking Hervör, challenged...
- The Saga of King
Heidrek the Wise (PDF),
translated by Tolkien, Christopher, 1960
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks [R] -and- Saga
Heiðreks konúngs ens vitra...
- The
riddles of
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks, also
known as Gátur
Gestumblinda ('Gestumblindi's riddles'),
Heiðreks gátur ('Heiðrekr's riddles') and Heiðreksmál...
- skjaldmær most
often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks. However,
female warriors are also
mentioned in the
Latin work
Gesta Danorum...
