Scandinavian legend
1Scandinavian folklore — Painting by John Bauer Scandinavian folklore is the folklore of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and the Swedish speaking parts of Finland. Collecting folklore began when …
2Scandinavian Scotland — History of Scotland This article is part of a series Chronologicy …
3Hamlet (legend) — Hamlet is a striking figure in Scandinavian romance and the hero of Shakespeare s tragedy, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark .The chief authority for the legend of Hamlet is Saxo Grammaticus, who devotes to it parts of the third and fourth books of his… …
4Musashi: Samurai Legend — Developer(s) Square Product Development Division 5[1] Publisher(s) …
5Hroðgar — s Det svenska rikets uppkomst (1925) (in Swedish). For presentations of the archaeological findings, see e.g. Elisabeth Klingmark s Gamla Uppsala, Svenska kulturminnen 59 , Riksantikvarieämbetet (in Swedish), or [http://www.raa.se/cms/extern/se… …
6Three Witches — The Three Witches (also known as the Weird Sisters) are supernatural characters created by William Shakespeare in his play Macbeth . Many of their actions and traits are drawn from Holinshed s Chronicles mdash;a popular history of the British… …
7Yrsa — Yrsa, Yrse , Yrs or Urse (6th century [The dating has never been a matter of controversy. It is inferred from the internal chronology of the sources themselves and the dating of Hygelac s raid on Frisia to c. 516. It is also supported by… …
8Guðrúnarkviða I — or the First Lay of Guðrún is simply called Guðrúnarkviða in Codex Regius where it was found together with the other heroic poems of the Poetic Edda . Henry Adams Bellows considered it to be one of the finest of the eddic poems with an… …
9Sigurd — m Scandinavian: from an Old Norse personal name composed of the elements sigr victory + vöròr guardian. According to Scandinavian legend, a character of this name slew the dragon Fafnir, who was guarding an accursed treasure; according to Wagner… …
10ber|serk|er — «BUR sur kuhr», noun. 1. Scandinavian Legend. one of a class of fierce Norse warriors who fought on the battlefield with such wild fury that they needed no armor. 2. Figurative. anyone so carried away by excitement or rage. ╂[< Scandinavian… …
