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The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki »

Authors: Anonymous, Jesse L. Byock
ISBN-13: 9780140435931, ISBN-10: 014043593X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: February 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Anonymous

Book Synopsis

Written by an anonymous author in fourteenth-century Iceland. The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki is built on almost a thousand years of oral traditions, many of which are related to underlying stories found in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. Reaching into the mists of Scandinavia's most ancient history, Hrolf's Saga tells of events set in the Migration Period when warrior chieftains and their proud women ruled, loved and feuded in the northern lands.

	Introduction
	Map: The World of The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
	Note on the Translation
1	King Frodi Kills His Brother King Halfdan	1
2	The Search	3
3	The Boys Helgi and Hroar Revealed	5
4	The Death of King Frodi	9
5	King Helgi Rules Denmark and King Hroar Marries	11
6	King Helgi Attempts to Marry Queen Olof	11
7	King Helgi's Vengeance	13
8	Jarl Hrok Claims King Hroar's Ring	16
9	Vengeance and King Hroar's Son Agnar	19
10	King Helgi and Queen Yrsa	20
11	The Elfin Woman and the Birth of Skuld	21
12	King Adils and King Helgi Meet	23
13	King Adils' Pride and Queen Yrsa's Displeasure	24
14	Svipdag and the Berserkers	25
15	Svipdag and His Brothers Join King Hrolf's Men	30
16	King Hrolf Tricks King Hjorvard	33
17	King Hring of Norway Marries Hvit	34
18	The Love of Bera and Bjorn	35
19	Bjorn Rejects Queen Hvit's Advances: The Curse	36
20	Bjorn's Transformation into a Bear and the Birth of Bodvar	38
21	Thorir Becomes King of the Gauts	42
22	Bodvar's Vengeance	43
23	Bodvar and His Brothers	45
24	King Hrolf's Champions	53
25	Bodvar Encourages King Hrolf to Recover His Inheritance	55
26	Three Strange Nights with Hrani	56
27	King Adils' Deceitful Welcome	58
28	King Adils Attempts to Defeat King Hrolf	61
29	Queen Yrsa Gives King Hrolf His Inheritance and More	64
30	King Adils is Conquered by Gold and King Hrolf Angers Hrani	66
31	Queen Skuld Incites King Hjorvard	69
32	Queen Skuld Attacks King Hrolf at Yule	70
33	The Great Battle	73
34	The Death of King Hrolf Kraki	77
	Notes	79
	Genealogical Tables	87
	The Family of King Hrolf Kraki	88
	The Family of Bodvar Bjarki	89
	The Family of Svipdag	89
	Equivalent Characters in Old Norse, Old English and Latin Accounts of King Hrolf Kraki	90
	Glossary of Proper Names	91