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12th-century work of Danish history
Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Grammarian"). It is
Gesta_Danorum
Danish historian (c. 1150 – c. 1220)
the main advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author of the Gesta Danorum, the first full history of Denmark, from which the legend of Amleth
Saxo_Grammaticus
Figure in medieval Scandinavian romance
Grammaticus, who devotes to it parts of the third and fourth books of his Gesta Danorum, completed at the beginning of the 13th century. Saxo's version is supplemented
Amleth
Saxo's Gesta Danorum. However, the story of the mortal king Hother slaying divine Balder is included in Gesta Danorum på danskæ and Saxo's Gesta Danorum, but
List of legendary kings of Denmark
List_of_legendary_kings_of_Denmark
Norse deity
Saxo Grammaticus recorded an alternative version of this myth in his Gesta Danorum. In this version, the mortal hero Hotherus and the demi-god Balderus
Höðr
Norse deity
mentions a Yuletide sacrifice of a boar to Freyr. The 12th Century Danish Gesta Danorum describes Freyr, under the name Frø, as the "viceroy of the gods". That
Freyr
Legendary ancestor of the Angles and Danes
Angul (or Angel) is a figure in Nordic mythology who, according to the Gesta Danorum was the ancestor of the Danes, along with his brother Dan. He was also
Angul_(mythology)
King of the Swedes and later Denmark
Eysteinn Beli, who later was killed by Ragnar's sons. According to Gesta Danorum (book 7), by Saxo Grammaticus, Ring was the son of the Swedish king
Sigurd_Ring
Norse mythological figure
Arngrim was a berserker, who features in Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, Lay of Hyndla, a number of Faroese ballads and Orvar-Odd's saga in Norse mythology
Arngrim
Semi-legendary king of Denmark
displaced by Harthacnut's son, Gorm. In the late and legend-influenced Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus, Harthacnut appears as Knut. He is described as
Harthacnut_I_of_Denmark
Legendary Danish king
the Skjöldunga saga. In the Gesta Danorum I.e. Hrólfr Kraki's saga The Chronicon Lethrense/Annales Lundenses, Gesta Danorum and the Skjöldunga saga The
Hrothgar
Norse deity
Thorsberg chape (3rd c. AD). In Saxo Grammaticus' 12th-century work Gesta Danorum, where gods appear euhemerized, Ullr, latinized as Ollerus, is described
Ullr
Odin's eight-legged horse
saga Völsunga saga as the ancestor of the horse Grani, and book I of Gesta Danorum, written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus, contains an episode
Sleipnir
Legendary king of Sweden and Denmark
a Danish ruler. The first to do so is Saxo Grammaticus in his work Gesta Danorum (c. 1200). This work mixes Norse legend with data about Danish history
Ragnar_Lodbrok
Legendary lists of English monarchs
in a long list of legendary Danish kings given by Saxo Grammaticus (Gesta Danorum). All other sources name them as kings of the Angles, though according
Kings_of_the_Angles
Legendary 7th-century king of Zealand or Denmark
Slyngebond) was a legendary king of Zealand or Denmark, who appears in Gesta Danorum, Gesta Danorum på danskæ, Sögubrot, Njáls saga, Hversu Noregr byggðist, Skjöldunga
Hrœrekr_Ringslinger
Norse goddess
sources. An account provided by Saxo Grammaticus in his 12th century work Gesta Danorum euhemerises Nanna as a human female, the daughter of King Gevar, and
Nanna_(Norse_deity)
of the legendary Danish king Olo the Vigorous according to Book 7 of Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus. He used it when still young to single-handedly
Weapons_of_Norse_mythology
Method of execution in Norse literature
eagle was strongly associated with blood and death. Saxo Grammaticus in Gesta Danorum tells the following about Bjørn and Sigvard, sons of Ragnar Lodbrok
Blood_eagle
Norse deity, son of Odin
Mothi and Magni | shall Mjollnir have When Vingnir falls in fight." Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus is a euhemerised account of the history of the kings
Váli
Location in Norse mythology and paganism
mentioned as returning from Hel in a post-Ragnarök world: Book I of Gesta Danorum contains an account of what has often been interpreted as a trip to
Hel_(location)
Viking Age Danish queen
daughter of an English king and a king in Jutland. In the twelfth-century Gesta Danorum, Saxo Grammaticus describes her as the daughter of King Æthelred the
Thyra
Norse deity
Baldr in Old Norse (later Balder in Mainland Nordic, Baldur in Insular Nordic), Bældæġ in Old English, Balder or Palter in Old High German, is a god in
Baldr
Earth-goddess in Norse mythology
Thor and a sexual partner of Odin. Jörð is attested in Danish history Gesta Danorum, composed in the 12th century by Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus;
Jörð
Gesta Danorum (English: "Deeds of the Danes"), called Gesta Danorum på danskæ ("Deeds of the Danes in Danish") to distinguish it from the better known
Gesta_Danorum_på_danskæ
Female warrior in Norse folklore and mythology
warriors are also mentioned in the Latin work Gesta Danorum. Both the legendary sagas and Gesta Danorum were written after the Viking Age and are considered
Shield-maiden
Underworld entity in Norse mythology
9th and 10th centuries, respectively. An episode in the Latin work Gesta Danorum, written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus, is generally considered
Hel_(mythological_being)
Norse mythical character
Odin's son Váli. In Saxo Grammaticus's euhemerised account found in his Gesta Danorum, she is a human princess from the Ruthenians, a Slavic group. In Saxo's
Rindr
Scandinavian sea-king in Norse mythology
He was the brother of Hagbard. Haki is mentioned in the 12th century Gesta Danorum and Chronicon Lethrense, and in 13th-century sources including Ynglinga
Haki
Scandinavian tradition
appears in several Scandinavian sources: Chronicon Lethrense, Gesta Danorum (book 7), Gesta Danorum på danskæ, Heimskringla (Hákonar saga góða), Hversu Noregr
Dog_king
King of the Danes
Latin abstract of the lost Skjöldunga saga and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. He also appears in the Old English poem Beowulf. The various accounts
Skjöldr
List of women pirates
named in the Gesta Danorum are considered legendary and unverified on account of the unreliability of the work itself. The Gesta Danorum was written in
Women_in_piracy
Legendary 2nd century Danish king
may also be identical to Lother (Latin Lotherus) in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum (Book 1) or the same history may have been applied to two originally
Heremod
Semi-legendary Danish princess
Hiørvardus did not live long after this and was himself killed. The Gesta Danorum tells that Roluo (Hrólfr Kraki) defeated Athislus and gave Sweden to
Skuld_(princess)
Semi-legendary Danish king
Hroðmund, a deed that also seems to be referred to in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum (Book 2), where we find: "... our king, who laid low Rorik, the son
Hrólfr_Kraki
King of the Danes
earliest legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned is Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, where he has a detailed biography, and briefly in the Codex Runicus
Hadingus
Legendary king of Denmark
was a legendary king of Denmark. His life was recounted in book 5 of Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, and in the Skjöldunga saga[citation needed]. Frotho
Frotho_III
Germanic tribe from present-day northern Germany
Engle is also derived "English" (Old English: Englisc). According to Gesta Danorum, the brothers Dan and Angul were made rulers by the consent of their
Angles_(tribe)
Legendary figure in Germanic lore
of her father. The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus records in his Gesta Danorum that a Saxon minstrel tried unsuccessfully to warn the Danish prince
Gudrun
Hammer of the god Thor in Norse mythology
representation of Thor. 12th century Danish author Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum, an euhemerized version of the god depicts him as wielding a clava,
Mjölnir
Literary work
current. Gesta Danorum Chronicon Slavorum Duchy of Saxony Vinland Birca Adam mentions Vinland (Winland) in Chapter 39 of Book IV of his Gesta: Adam von
Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum
Gesta_Hammaburgensis_ecclesiae_pontificum
Legendary warrior in Beowulf
translation at Northvegr Gesta Danorum: Book 2 of Gesta Danorum at the Online Medieval & Classical library Book 6 of Gesta Danorum at the Online Medieval
Ingeld
Legendary Norse Viking and Swedish king
Sweden. The partly legendary Danish chronicle of Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum (c. 1200), is the first text to mention Björn Ironside as a king of
Björn_Ironside
Legendary king of Garðaríki
possibly unrelated character named Rathbarthus is mentioned in the Latin Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, in Book 8 during Saxo's version of the Battle of
Ráðbarðr
Mythological Swedish kings
King Eirík and took up embroidery. Saxo Grammaticus in Book 5 of his Gesta Danorum introduces Ericus Desertus, that is Erik the Eloquent, son of a champion
Alaric_and_Eric
Norse mythic characters
[backbones]. — Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa, trans. A. Faulkes, 1987. Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) relates a similar story as Thorkillus (Thokil)
Gjálp_and_Greip
Eight-armed giant and legendary hero in Norse mythology
relate to different Scandinavian traditions. He is most fully treated in Gesta Danorum but he also appears in Icelandic sources. He is portrayed as a great
Starkad
the Danish skjöldung king Helgi.) Gesta Danorum på danskæ is an Old Danish work based, in part on Saxo's Gesta Danorum and another Latin chronicle called
Hothbrodd
Legendary pretender to the Swedish throne
Parts of his story are also retold in Eyrbyggja saga, Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum (book 10), Knýtlinga saga and Hervarar saga. He is also mentioned in
Styrbjörn_the_Strong
Legendary King of Sweden
Peace-Fróði): iii Freyr. iiii Fjölnir. sá er dó at Friðfróða. v Svegðir:. In Gesta Danorum, Book 1, Frodi corresponds to Hadingus and Fjölnir to Hundingus, but
Fjölnir
Germanic heroic legend
never-ending battle which is documented in Sörla þáttr, Ragnarsdrápa, Gesta Danorum, Skíðaríma and in Skáldskaparmál. It is also held to appear on the image
Hjaðningavíg
People in Scandinavian mythology
where a gallows is referred to as "Sigar's steed" (Sigars jó): In Gesta Danorum (book 7), a figure named Sigar (Latin: Sygarus) is a legendary king
Sigar
Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
Ragnarssona þáttr, as well as in Saxo Grammaticus' 12th-century work Gesta Danorum. Norse legendary sagas were partially fictional tales based in the Norse
Vikings_(TV_series)
Slavic deity
information is given by Helmold's Chronica Slavorum and Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum; he is also mentioned by Knýtlinga saga. Saxo writes most extensively
Svetovit
C.1275 parchment page from or of Saxo's Gesta Danorum
the four fragments remaining, or early copy of, the original Saxo's Gesta Danorum. Its size is about 19x11cm. It consists of two pages with four written
Kall-Rasmussen_Fragment
Slavonic god
a Slavic god with unknown functions mentioned in only two sources: Gesta Danorum and in Knýtlinga saga. The only historical information about him is
Porevit
Mythological Swedish kings
Swedish kings Yngvi was the son of Agne, and not of Agne's son Alrik. In Gesta Danorum, Alf (Alverus) was the father of Yngve (Ing) and Ingjald (Ingild). Ingjald
Yngvi_and_Alf
Dacorum. He wanted to publish the huge 300-year-old chronicle of Denmark, Gesta Danorum, written by Saxo Grammaticus, but he had difficulty in gaining access
Christiern_Pedersen
Legendary Viking shieldmaiden and ruler
book of the Gesta Danorum, a twelfth-century work of Danish history by the Christian historian Saxo Grammaticus. According to the Gesta (¶ 9.4.1–9.4
Lagertha
Figure in Norse legend
Carolyne Larrington (1999), and John McKinnell (2005). In Book One of Gesta Danorum, a Latin history of the kings of Denmark by Saxo Grammaticus, a character
Svipdagr
Legendary ruler in Jutland, Denmark
Claudius. He appears in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum (book 3) and Gesta Danorum på danskæ. The Gesta Danorum and its Danish counterpart tell that the
Feng_(chieftain)
Legendary Scandinavian king
Sturluson's Heimskringla and in Books 7 and 8 of Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum. Although these two version tell very different versions of the story
Ale_the_Strong
Tragic heroine of early Scandinavian literature
daughters took over the rule of Denmark. This account resembles that of the Gesta Danorum, but is more elaborate. A notable difference is that Yrsa is no longer
Yrsa
2022 film by Robert Eggers
co-wrote the screenplay with Sjón. Based on the legend of Amleth from Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, the film follows Amleth, an exiled Viking prince
The_Northman
Valkyrie in Norse mythology
Theories have been proposed about the possible appearance of Róta in Gesta Danorum and the meaning of her name. According to Guðbrandur Vigfússon, the
Róta
Medieval chronicle from Poland
handed down by Western and Southern European historians. It follows the Gesta Danorum and the next major source on the early history of Poland, the Chronica
Gesta_principum_Polonorum
Legendary Danish kings
and Sven Aggesen's Brevis historia regum Dacie) Frotho, in Latin (Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus) Vruote, in Middle High German (Rabenschlacht),
Fróði
Legendary Finnish princess
one that frees him from fetters if he breathes on the restraints. In Gesta Danorum, Gro is a woman saved from marrying a giant by King Gram. She is the
Gróa
Figure in Norse legend
Lodbrok (e.g. Tale of Ragnar's Sons, Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok, Krákumál and Gesta Danorum, book 9). He also has a saga of his own in Bósi and Herrauðr's saga
Herrauðr
8th-century king of Sweden
saga. When Ragnar died, Björn Ironside became the king of Sweden. The Gesta Danorum (book 9) by Saxo Grammaticus also mentions Eysteinn, but only in passing
Eysteinn_Beli
Legendary kings of Denmark
and killed at the legendary Battle of Bråvalla. Saxo Grammaticus, in Gesta Danorum, gives two different accounts about why Harald had the name wartooth
Harald_Wartooth
Norse mythical character
disappears and so does his castle. Only a wide landscape remains. In Gesta Danorum a ship meets strong winds and sacrifices are made to various gods to
Útgarða-Loki
Grammaticus repeatedly describes Finland and the Finns in his book Gesta Danorum about Danish history. Of the Finnish kings he mentions Sumblum and Gusonis
Ancient_kings_of_Finland
Legendary king of the Angels
Uffi of Jutland), a legendary Danish king in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, and the Gesta Danorum på danskæ. The name Offa and its variants are thought
Offa_of_Angel
Norse mythical name
Heiðreks and (in the Latinised form as Gestiblindus) in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. A figure of this name also appears in several later Scandinavian folk
Gestumblindi
Period in Nordic mythology and legend
summon an army to free them and kill the king, ending Fróði's Peace. In Gesta Danorum Book 5, chapter 12, Saxo Grammaticus describes a Danish king named Frode
Fróði's_Peace
Legendary Danish king
nothing of this, but instead he has Helgo humiliate the Swedes in his Gesta Danorum, book 2. He also confused, or merged, Helgo with Helgi Hundingsbane
Halga
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Legendary Swedish-Danish battle
it is most extensively described in the nationalistic Danish history Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus. Harald had inherited Sweden from his maternal grandfather
Battle_of_Brávellir
Figure in Germanic mythology
name given to the father of Amlethus (Amleth) in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Comparative studies have led scholars to reconstruct a Common Germanic
Aurvandill
English translation of both a Latin phrase and a Swedish phrase
according to Gesta Danorum. Yngwin ("Yngve") 5th century (in Gesta Danorum, see Halfdan) Siward, contemporary with Yngwin's grandson (in Gesta Danorum) Algaut
King_of_the_Geats
Legends in Norse mythology
According to the Gesta Danorum, Alfhild, daughter of the Geatish king Siward, was a shieldmaiden who had her own fleet of longships with crews of young
Alf_and_Alfhild
Historical drama television series
Vikings: Valhalla, or simply Valhalla, is a historical drama television series created by Jeb Stuart for Netflix that serves as a sequel to Vikings. The
Vikings:_Valhalla
Building in Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
á Velli and Arnórr Þórðarson. Saxo Grammaticus writes in Book 8 of Gesta Danorum that Sigmund, one of the warriors of the House of Yngling, came from
Signhildsberg
Semi-legendary Swedish king
king. The dog king was succeeded by Rolf Krage (Hrólfr Kraki). The Gesta Danorum (book 2), by Saxo Grammaticus, tells that Helgo (Halga) repelled a Swedish
Eadgils
13th-century Icelandic legendary saga
saga's sources include Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus, with whose Gesta Danorum (book IX) it overlaps in the description of Ragnar's pursuit of Thora
Tale_of_Ragnar_Lodbrok
Folklore
Grammaticus' version of the story of Palnatoki, whom he calls Toko (Gesta Danorum Book 10, chapter 7). Toko, who had been for some time in the service
Shooting an apple off one's child's head
Shooting_an_apple_off_one's_child's_head
Topics referred to by the same term
11th-century, also covers Queen Emma of Normandy Gesta Danorum, "Deeds of the Danes", 12th century Dei gesta per Francos, "Deeds of God through the Franks"
Gesta
King of the Danes
progenitor of the Danish royal house according to Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum. He supposedly held the lordship of Denmark along with his brother Angul
Dan_I_of_Denmark
Flag of Denmark
Pedersen's Danske Krønike, which is a sequel to Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum, which was written in 1520 to 1523. Here, the flag falls from the sky
Dannebrog
Mythological Swedish and Norwegian royal dynasty
Yngvi-Frey of Vanaheim. Yngling means descendant of Frey, and in the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus they are called the sons of Frey. Several of these
Yngling
Norse mythical character
where it is preceded by Snorri Sturluson's account of the myth, and in Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus (early 13th c.). Saturn's moon Geirrod is named
Geirröðr
Order of Viking mercenaries
the walls. There are different accounts for the origins of the order. Gesta Danorum (book 10) tells that a settlement named Julinum was conquered by the
Jomsvikings
Danish clan
which is taken from English traditions). According to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum (Book 1), Skjöld was succeeded by a son named Gram. Since gram is also
Scylding
Character in Hamlet
chieftain Feng who appears in Chronicon Lethrense and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. There has never been an actual Danish king of that name. Claudius is
King_Claudius
father of Áli the Strong. Fridleif is also mentioned in Book VI of Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus. In this, he was also a son of Frode and was being
Fridlevus_II
Norse mythical character
Norse: [ˈhɑrðˌɡrɛipz̠], 'Hard-grip') is a jötunn in Norse mythology. In Gesta Danorum, she is the daughter of the jötunn Vagnophtus and the nurse of the Danish
Harðgreipr
Ancient king in Götaland (twelfth-century)
In the twelfth-century Danish history Gesta Danorum (The Deeds of the Danes), Siward, (Sywardus), was an ancient king in Götaland, who had a daughter
Sywardus
One or more legendary kings of the Danes
his page and two nobles to hold his horse. Saxo Grammaticus, in his Gesta Danorum, presents three different Danish monarchs named Dan, either splitting
Dan_(king)
is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Olrik's edition Elton's translation Davidson, Hilda Ellis (ed.) and
Fridlevus_I
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