Eight-armed giant and legendary hero in Norse mythology
Starkad as illustrated on Carta Marina (1539) by Olaus Magnus.
Starkad (Old Norse: Starkaðr[ˈstɑrkɑðz̠] or Stǫrkuðr[ˈstɔrkoðz̠];[1] Latin: Starcaterus; in the Late Middle Ages also Starkodder; modern Danish: Stærkodder)[2] was either an eight-armed giant or the human grandson of the aforementioned giant in Norse mythology.
Starkad appears in numerous accounts, and the stories of his adventures relate to different Scandinavian traditions.[2] He is most fully treated in Gesta Danorum but he also appears in Icelandic sources.[1] He is portrayed as a great warrior who performed many heroic deeds but also many crimes.[2]
A cognate of the Starkad legends can be found in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.[1][3]
^ abcThe article Starkad in Nordisk familjebok (1909).
^ abcThe article Starkad in Nationalencyklopedin.
^Andersson, Ingvar. (1947). Skånes historia: till Saxo och Skånelagen. Norstedts, Stockholm. p. 210.
Starkad (Old Norse: Starkaðr [ˈstɑrkɑðz̠] or Stǫrkuðr [ˈstɔrkoðz̠]; Latin: Starcaterus; in the Late Middle Ages also Starkodder; modern Danish: Stærkodder)...
he was killed by Starkad the old. According to Starbäck and Bäckström, Saxo Grammaticus tells a related story in Gesta Danorum. Starkad was accepted with...
to avenge his father, Starkad appeared during a banquet that Ingeld had with the sons of Swerting, his father's slayer. Starkad strongly admonished Ingeld...
is also a second version in Gesta Danorum, concerning the adventures of Starkad, and which is based on the old warrior who restarted the conflict between...
warrior and he had twelve champions, among whom was the legendary warrior Starkad the Old. The Swedish king Hugleik had also gathered a large army and was...
himself he had his twelve hirdmen of whom one was the legendary old warrior Starkad (who had been in the service of Hugleik's grandfather Erik and great-uncle...
Danish chronicle Gesta Danorum (see below), the old warrior appears as Starkad, and he succeeded in making Ingeld divorce his bride and in turning him...
and co-kings and it was to them that the warrior Starkad fled after his slaying of King Vikar. Starkad served them first as a companions on their viking...
is the famous Víkar, king of Hördaland, who was sacrificed to Odin by Starkad. The chain of descent from Alrek to Víkar to Vatnar is also found in Hálfs...
parallels to Augustus. Follows the adventurers of the legendary hero, Starkad who is disappointed in the decadent ways of Frothi III's descendants. Is...
defeat for the Norse army, since Sigurd Fanisbane made the Norse champion Starkad flee in panic. It has been suggested that a report of a struggle for the...
with Högne, his son Dag, Granmar and all of Granmar's sons Hothbrodd, Starkad and Gudmund. Everyone dies but Helgi, Sinfjötli and Högne's youngest son...
a "conjunction of trifunctional signs and death-modes": In the myth of Starkad, King Vikar is hanged or strangled on the waterside, while pierced by a...
Marold's edition You broke Leikn's bones, you pounded Thrivaldi you cast down Starkad, you stood over the dead Gialp. —Skáldskaparmál (4), Faulkes' translation...
thyle", presumably refers to Odin himself, and Beowulf. In Gautreks saga, Starkad is referred to as a þulr after he sacrifices a king. The word also appears...
the legendary Hrólf Kraki of Denmark. However in the section concerning Starkad, the kings of Sweden are the brothers Alrek and Eirík which, if one trusts...
co-founded the ski club Starkad in 1897 and served as its first chairman. He was also a prolific contributor to its journal Starkad, which chronicled the...
pursuing Starkad, a villain based on the historical figure of legend, in an effort to reclaim their magical sword "Rune Serpent", which Starkad has stolen...
"Insula Magnetū[m]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets"), off modern-day Murmansk. The man holding the rune staffs is the Norse hero Starkad ("Starcaterus")....
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