Scandinavian legend information

Scandinavian legend may refer to: Scandinavian folklore Scandinavian literature This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Scandinavian...

Norse: Amlóði; Latinized as Amlethus) is a figure in a medieval Scandinavian legend, the direct inspiration of the character of Prince Hamlet, the hero...

have influenced Saxo, however, are the anonymous Scandinavian Saga of Hrolf Kraki and the Roman legend of Brutus, which is recorded in two separate Latin...

diverse, including pre-Christian Scandinavian legends; saints and bishops both from Scandinavia and elsewhere; Scandinavian kings and contemporary Icelandic...

refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes a part of northern Finland)...

The Gulon is a creature in Scandinavian legend, also known as a "Jerff" in Northern Sweden and "Vielfraß" in Germany. It resembles a hodgepodge of various...

Gwyn (1956). Scandinavian Legends and Folk-tales. New York: Oxford University Oliver, Alberto (24 June 2009). The Tomte and Other Scandinavian Folklore Creatures...

the serpent with reproduction. A variant of this story occurs in Scandinavian legend, in the 13th-century saga of Örvar-Oddr. Another variant is found...

produced the legend: there is thus continental heroic legend from Germany and the European continent, North Germanic (Scandinavian) heroic legend, and English...

an old Scandinavian legend that is very similar to Shakespeare's story. More recent scholarship has argued that, while Hamlet has a Scandinavian origin...

Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing...

small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings. In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far...

Germanic heroic legends. Iormunrek (Jörmunrekkr) is the Norse form of the name. Ermanaric appears in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian legend. In the former...

Ale the Strong (Heimskringla) or Ole (English: Ola), in Scandinavian legend, belonged to the House of Skjöldung (Scylding), and he was the son of king...

their desperate situation to that of semi-mythical characters of Scandinavian legend, with the relevant poetry occasionally quoted. In addition, there...

Fosse Grim on their album A History of Ghosts (2014} based on the legend. "Scandinavian näcken, nøkk, strömkarl, Grim or Fosse-Grim". Nightbringer.se. Retrieved...

Yrse, Yrs or Urse (fl. 6th century) was a tragic heroine of early Scandinavian legend. She appears in several versions relating to her husband, the Swedish...

and poems, and in medieval Danish chronicles. In both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition, Hrothgar is a Scylding, the son of Halfdan, the brother of...

the script with Icelandic author Sjón, is based in the original Scandinavian legend that inspired Shakespeare to write Hamlet. This section is limited...

featuring in German, Irish (e.g., Dullahan), Scandinavian (e.g., the Wild Hunt), and British legends, and were included in Robert Burns's Scots poem...

Onela also appears in Scandinavian tradition. In the Norse sagas, which were mostly based on Norwegian versions of Scandinavian legends, Onela seems to appear...

A Nordic cross flag is a flag bearing the design of the Nordic or Scandinavian cross, a cross symbol in a rectangular field, with the centre of the cross...

Wigg may refer to: Wigg (surname) Vöggr or Wigg, man in Scandinavian legend notable for giving Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf in Beowulf) his cognomen kraki, and...

religion", "Norse paganism", "Nordic paganism", "Scandinavian paganism", "Scandinavian heathenism", "Scandinavian religion", "Northern paganism", "Northern heathenism"...

Alexander Skarsgård. The film is based primarily on the medieval Scandinavian legend of Amleth, which is the direct inspiration behind the character Hamlet...