 | Bödvar Bjarki (Old Norse: Bǫðvarr Bjarki [ˈbɔðˌvɑrː ˈbjɑrki]), meaning 'Warlike Little-Bear', is the hero appearing in tales of Hrólfr Kraki in the Hrólfs... 8 KB (1,191 words) - 05:59, 20 February 2024 |
 | Hrólfr Kraki (section Beowulf and Bjarki) inn mikilaflaði, Starólfr, Hjalti inn hugprúði and Bödvar Bjarki. After some time, Bödvar Bjarki encouraged Hrólfr to go Uppsala to claim the gold that... 39 KB (5,097 words) - 23:03, 28 November 2023 |
 | Elgfróði (Elk-Fróði) is the half-man, half-elk elder brother of the hero Bödvar Bjarki and Thorir Houndsfoot. The name is also used to describe mythical creatures... 12 KB (1,276 words) - 16:18, 12 March 2024 |
the War of the Ring. Like the powerful medieval heroes Beowulf and Bödvar Bjarki, whose names both mean "bear", he exemplifies the Northern courage that... 18 KB (2,018 words) - 07:26, 25 April 2024 |
 | the hero Beowulf could have the same origin as Hroðulf's berserker Bödvar Bjarki, who appears in Scandinavian sources. Among these sources, it is the... 35 KB (4,825 words) - 15:21, 3 December 2023 |
inn mikilaflaði, Starólfr, Hjalti inn hugprúði and Bödvar Bjarki. After some time, Bödvar Bjarki encouraged Hrólfr to go Uppsala to claim the gold that... 10 KB (1,398 words) - 10:19, 4 November 2023 |
Bjarki may refer to: Bödvar Bjarki, the hero appearing in tales of Hrólf Kraki in the Saga of Hrólf Kraki, in the Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga... 350 bytes (80 words) - 17:53, 16 March 2009 |
 | 790s. The tale of Agnar tells how he was cut in half by the warrior Bödvar Bjarki (Warlike little Bear), and how he died "with his lips separated into... 17 KB (1,933 words) - 19:49, 19 March 2024 |
spirit of a sleeping person who appears in the form of an animal, as Bödvar Bjarki in the saga of Hrólfr Kraki. In Norse mythology, hamingja (Old Norse... 2 KB (278 words) - 09:12, 19 October 2022 |
 | kills a beast, finds a parallel in Hrólf Kraki's saga. In this saga, Bödvar Bjarki leaves Gautland and arrives at the Danish court after a naval voyage... 32 KB (3,999 words) - 16:34, 15 April 2024 |
 | Hobbit derives from a combination of Norse sagas. In Hrólfs saga kraka, Bödvar Bjarki adopts the shape of a great bear when he goes to fight. In the Völsunga... 32 KB (3,459 words) - 11:02, 7 February 2024 |
 | the Norse story of Hrolf Kraki and his bear-shapeshifting servant Bodvar Bjarki, the international folktale the Bear's Son Tale, and the Irish folktale... 96 KB (10,873 words) - 17:36, 16 April 2024 |
sources named Hjalti who serves as a side-kick to Beowulf's counterpart Bödvar Bjarki, and in Bjarkamál, Hjalti makes speeches comparable to those made by... 12 KB (1,525 words) - 18:49, 21 May 2022 |
 | comes from the Saga of Hrólf Kraki. One tale within tells the story of Bödvar Bjarki, a berserker who is able to shapeshift into a bear and uses this ability... 36 KB (3,951 words) - 18:01, 25 April 2024 |
could not come in person but sent his twelve berserkers, including Bödvar Bjarki. Áli died in the war, and Aðils took Áli's helmet Battle-boar and his... 9 KB (811 words) - 18:17, 18 March 2024 |
Well of Urd Adils Alaric and Eric Arngrim Ask and Embla Aun Berserkers Bödvar Bjarki Dag the Wise Domalde Domar Dyggve Egil One-Hand Fafnir Fjölnir Gudrun... 3 KB (264 words) - 07:02, 12 May 2023 |
Ziusudra Bochica Changing Woman The Diyin Dine Nayenezgani Arngrim Bödvar Bjarki Egil Helgi Hothbrodd Loki Odin Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurd Fafnersbane Starkad... 10 KB (651 words) - 22:23, 25 April 2024 |
Healfdene. The sword Ingeld's son Agnar wielded when he fought Bödvar Bjarki. Bjarki comments that Agnar struck the dented sword over his head and might... 23 KB (750 words) - 04:45, 25 March 2024 |
make the character a were-bear, able to shift his shape. A bear-man Bödvar Bjarki exists in Norse myth, while it is Beowulf himself whom Beorn echoes... 34 KB (3,250 words) - 11:09, 7 February 2024 |
England Beornings Wooden hall; beekeeping, dairy Westron Norse myth (Bödvar Bjarki); Beowulf Dale Towns, trade, taverns their own Germanic medieval Europe... 34 KB (3,944 words) - 14:31, 3 March 2024 |
 | century or the 7th century (in the Norse sagas) Thorir (the brother of Bödvar Bjarki and Elgfróði in Hrólfs saga kraka) Sigar?, the father of Siggeir, who... 7 KB (823 words) - 22:25, 7 January 2024 |
 | Lejre Chronicle Gesta Danorum Beowulf People Hrólfr Kraki Halfdan Helgi Yrsa Adils Áli Bödvar Bjarki Hjörvard Roar Locations Lejre Uppsala Fyrisvellir... 22 KB (3,234 words) - 00:05, 9 August 2023 |
 | Lejre Chronicle Gesta Danorum Beowulf People Hrólfr Kraki Halfdan Helgi Yrsa Adils Áli Bödvar Bjarki Hjörvard Roar Locations Lejre Uppsala Fyrisvellir... 22 KB (2,975 words) - 01:18, 19 March 2024 |
 | Greek myth who rejects his stepmother's advances Björn (the father of Bödvar Bjarki), king's son in Norse myth who rejects his stepmother's advances Hyacinth... 16 KB (2,269 words) - 12:10, 24 March 2024 |
are examples of shape shifting in the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, where Bodvar Bjarki turns into a bear during a battle as a last stand. These transformations... 21 KB (2,103 words) - 16:42, 26 April 2024 |
night. A battle ensued and, in the account found in Gesta Danorum, Bödvar Bjarki fought in the shape of a spirit bear until he was awakened by Hjalti... 8 KB (1,156 words) - 13:31, 26 February 2024 |
 | Lejre Chronicle Gesta Danorum Beowulf People Hrólfr Kraki Halfdan Helgi Yrsa Adils Áli Bödvar Bjarki Hjörvard Roar Locations Lejre Uppsala Fyrisvellir... 5 KB (765 words) - 20:33, 28 October 2023 |
| Lejre Chronicle Gesta Danorum Beowulf People Hrólfr Kraki Halfdan Helgi Yrsa Adils Áli Bödvar Bjarki Hjörvard Roar Locations Lejre Uppsala Fyrisvellir... 15 KB (2,037 words) - 01:08, 6 January 2024 |
 | and Bödvar Bjarki kills Agnar in a duel and he dies with a smile. In Bjarkamál, during Hrólfr Kraki's and his champions' last fight, Bödvar Bjarki recalls... 88 KB (2,174 words) - 06:28, 26 December 2023 |
| hilt" and Hött uses it to "kill" the troll that terrorizes the Danes. Bödvar Bjarki had already killed it, but left it to look alive so that Hött could... 90 KB (2,441 words) - 21:55, 5 April 2024 |