- is a male
given name and a surname. It
originates in the
Germanic name
Hrolf,
itself a
contraction of
Hrodwulf (Rudolf), a
conjunction of the stem words...
-
Hrólfs saga
kraka ok
kappa hans : The Saga of
Hrolf Kraki and his Champions. Trans.
Peter Tunstall (2003).
Available at
Norse saga: The Saga of
Hrolf...
-
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,...
- (Norse Göngu-Hrólfr;
Danish Ganger-
Hrólf) from the 13th-century
Icelandic sagas,
Heimskringla and
Orkneyinga Saga.
Hrólf the
Walker was so
named because...
- 'Warlike Little-Bear', is the hero
appearing in
tales of Hrólfr
Kraki in the
Hrólfs saga kraka, in the
Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga saga, and as Biarco...
- Göngu-
Hrólfs saga is a
legendary saga,
written mainly for entertainment, as the
author clearly states in his
preface and at the end of the story. Although...
-
Hrólfs saga
Gautrekssonar is a
Scandinavian legendary saga
which was put to text in
Iceland in the 13th century. It has a
prequel in
Gautreks saga. Gautrekr...
- *Heruwarduz[1]. In the
Norse sources,
Hereoweard rebelled against Hroðulf/
Hrólf Kraki and
killed him, but
otherwise the
sources vary greatly. This is an...
- is not
clear if he was
intended to be
depicted with two or four legs. In
Hrólfs saga kraka, the sole
surviving medieval source referencing Elgfróði, he...
-
accounts make Hjörvard to be the
husband of
Hrólf's sister and tell how Hjörvard
rebelled against King
Hrólf and
burned him in his hall. But Hjörvard was...
