History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2) — John Shaqi
History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2)Dunham, S. A. (Samuel Astley)
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History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Dunham, S. A. (Samuel Astley)
Scandinavia -- History
All slain; Arngrim’s Granddaughter by 78
his eldest Son; Angantyr and Swafa;
her extraordinary Character
Becomes a Chief of Pirates, under the 79
Name of _Herward_; her Boldness and
Incantations in the Island of Samsoe
Obtains the Magic Sword Tyrfing, which 81
had been buried there
Her Fame for Valour and Beauty; Marries 82
Hafod, the Son of King Godmund; their
Issue, two Sons, Angantyr and Heidrek,
the former noted for his good, the
latter for his mischievous, qualities;
Hafod succeeds his Father; Heidrek
exiled by his Father; his Mother
presents him with the Magic Sword; he
slays his Brother with it by rashly
drawing it; frees Harald of Sweden
from two great Chiefs; marries the
Monarch’s Daughter; has a Son, whom he
names Angantyr; Tyrfing fatal to
Harald; his Wife hangs herself
Is slain by the fatal Tyrfing, which is 83
drawn by his Slaves; his Son,
Angantyr, with it slays his Half
Brother, in whose Tomb it is finally
buried
ANGANTYR, like all his Race, a Hero by 83
Profession; Champions and Duels of the
North
Associations of Heroes sealed with their 84
Blood and indissoluble; their Laws and
Duties; Rolf’s famous Society of this
kind; their necessary Qualifications
and Discipline; Exceptions to this
Discipline; Abduction common; the
_berserks_
Their Turbulence and Bloodshed among 85
themselves; often became Bandits
FRIDLEIF II. destroys one of these Bands 85
Fridleif slays Asmund, King of Norway, 86
and seizes upon his Daughter Frogerth;
is unfaithful to her; is succeeded by
his Son Frode II.; the Name of this
Prince, and of his Son _Ingel_, only
interesting from their association
with the Name of STERKODDER, the
Hercules of the North
Story, Adventures, and Fame of 87
Sterkodder; the Intention of the
Deities in forming him was to destroy
Wikar, a King of Norway
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