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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...
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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...
- tradition". Five
riddles found in the poem
Heiðreks gátur
contained in the
legendary saga
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks employ the
phrase "Delling's doors" (Old...
- The
riddles of
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks, also
known as Gátur
Gestumblinda ('Gestumblindi's riddles'),
Heiðreks gátur ('Heiðrekr's riddles') and Heiðreksmál...
- The Saga of King
Heidrek the Wise (PDF),
translated by Tolkien, Christopher, 1960
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks [R] -and- Saga
Heiðreks konúngs ens vitra...
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killed and
eaten each
night in Valhöll Saga
Heiðreks konungs ins vitra, H-text of
Hervarar saga ok
Heiðreks,
chapter 10, from Heimskringla.no. Note that...
- 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...
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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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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...
