_Event. Sagn_--_Norske Folkeeventyr og Sagn_, by O.T. Olsen, 1912. _Nor. Hist._--_Det norske Folks Historie_, by P.A. Munch, 1852. _Sagn--Norske Sagn_, Christiania, 1902. _Notes, Beow.--Notes on Beowulf_, by Thomas Arnold, 1898. _Oldn. Lit. Hist.--Den oldnorske og oldislandske Litteraturs Historie_, by Finnur Jónsson. _Grundr._--Paul's _Grundriss der germanischen Philologie._ _P. B. B._--Paul and Braune's _Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur._ _Pop. Tales--Popular Tales from the North_, by George Webbe Dasent, 1859. _P. M. L. A.--Publications of the Modern Language Association of America._ _Grettis.--The Saga of Grettir the Strong, Everyman's Library._ _Sc. Folkl.--Scandinavian Folk-lore_, by William A. Craigie, 1896. _Sc. Rer. Dan.--Scriptores Rerum Danicarum_, edited by Jakob Langebek, 1772. _Macb._--Shakespeare's _Tragedy of Macbeth_, edited by William J. Rolfe, 1905. _Skjs.--_Skjọldungasaga (_Aarböger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie_, 1894). _Sn. Ed.--Snorri Sturluson, Edda_, edited by Finnur Jónsson, 1900. _St. germ. Sag.--Studien zur germanischen Sagengeschichte_; I _Beowulf_, by Friedrich Panzer, 1910. _St. Sag. Eng--Studien zur Sagengeschichte Englands_; I Teil, _Die Wikingersagen_, by Max Deutschbein, 1906. _Vọlsungasaga (Fornaldarsogur Norðrlanda_, edited by Valdimar Asmundarson, vol. I, 1891). _Widsith_ (_The Oldest English Epic--Beowulf, Widsith_, etc.--translated by Francis B. Gummere, 1909). _Yel. Fair. Bk.--The Yellow Fairy Book_, by Andrew Lang. CONTENTS. Preface I Introductory 1 Bibliography and Abbreviations 3 The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf I Bọðvarsþáttr 7 II Fróðaþáttr 61 III General Summary 98 THE RELATION OF THE HRÓLFS SAGA KRAKA AND THE BJARKARÍMUR TO BEOWULF. I _BỌÐVARSÞÁTTR._ The question whether Saxo Grammaticus' account of Biarco's fight with a bear or the account in the _Hrólfssaga_ of Bjarki's fight with a winged monster is the earlier version of the story has been the subject of much discussion, as has also the possible identity of Bjarki's (Biarco's) exploit with one or both of Beowulf's exploits (his slaying of Grendel and the dragon). The latter problem is still further complicated by the introduction of two beasts in the _Bjarkarímur_ where Saxo and the _Hrólfssaga_ have only one, and the introduction in _Beowulf_ of Grendel's mother, who makes her appearance in order to defend her offspring and also is slain.