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Jonakrs sons Hamdir, Sörli and Erp (Old Norse: Erpr) were three brothers in Norse mythology, who have a historic basis in the history of the Goths. Legend According to the Edda and the Völsunga saga, Hamdir and Sörli were the...
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Ingeld Ingeld or Ingjaldr (Old Norse) was a legendary warrior who appears in early English and Norse legends. Ingeld was so well known that, in 797, Alcuin wrote a letter to Bishop Higbald of Lindisfarne questioning the monks' interest in heroic legends...
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Hrolfr Kraki Hrólfr Kraki, Hroðulf, Rolfo, Roluo, Rolf Krage (early 6th century) was a legendary Danish king who appears in both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition. Both traditions describe him as a Danish Scylding, the...
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Hothbrodd Hothbrodd was a legendary Norse hero, details of whose life appear in several related variations. In the legends of the Ylfing Helgi Hundingsbane, he was the son of king Granmar of Södermanland, and he was killed by Helgi. The Chronicon...
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Hlod Hlod or Hlöd was the illegitimate son of Heidrek, the king of the Geats, in Norse mythology. He appears in the Hervarar saga and probably also as Hlith in Widsith, line 115, together with his...
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Hjalmar and Ingeborg Hjalmar ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjalmar]) and Ingeborg ( Swedish: [ˇɪŋːɛˌbɔrj]) were a legendary Swedish duo. The male protagonist Hjalmar and his duel for Ingeborg figures in the Hervarar saga and in Orvar-Odd's saga, as well as...
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Hervor Hervor is the name of two female characters in the cycle of the magic sword Tyrfing, presented in Hervarar saga with parts found in the Poetic Edda. One, the viking Hervör, challenged her father Angantýr's ghost in his gravemound for his...
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Helgi Hundingsbane Helgi Hundingsbane is a hero in Norse sagas. Helgi appears in Volsunga saga and in two lays in the Poetic Edda named Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II. The Poetic Edda relates that Helgi and his...
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Helgakvida Hjorvardssonar Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar ("Lay of Helgi Hjörvarðsson") is a poem collected in the Poetic Edda, found in the Codex Regius manuscript where it follows Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and precedes Helgakviða...
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Helgi Haddingjaskati Helgi Haddingjaskati, meaning "Helgi the lord of the Haddingjar," was a legendary Norse hero of whom only fragmentary accounts survive. It is said in the end section of Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, a poem of the Poetic Edda, that the hero Helgi...
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