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    Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the...
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  • Lögberg-Heimskringla is a community newspaper serving the Icelandic community in North America. A former weekly, it is currently published twice per month...
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    Christianity. Like the later Heimskringla, Ragnvald Rettilbeine is described as killed on Harald's orders. In Heimskringla he is burned alive by Eirik...
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    237. Hollander (Trans.), Heimskringla, p. 562. Hollander (Trans.), Heimskringla, p. 561. Hollander (Trans.), Heimskringla, p. 558. Larsen, p. 114. Stenton...
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    the Prose Edda (written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson), in Heimskringla (also written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson), and in stanzas...
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    unified Norway. According to Heimskringla and Fagrskinna, Halfdan was the son of the Yngling King Gudrød the Hunter. Heimskringla also names his mother, as...
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    murder of a father. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Heimskringla/Harald Harfager's Saga#Halfdan Haleg's Death. There are two sources that...
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    Fenrir (section Heimskringla)
    13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, composed in the 13th century. In both the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda...
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    Freyja (section Heimskringla)
    13th century from earlier traditional sources; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, composed by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century; in several Sagas of...
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    evidence correlating to her story as they describe her. She is reported by Heimskringla to have been wife of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, sought as wife by...
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    ISBN 9780823257836 Finnur Jónsson, ed. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning, at heimskringla.no. Finnur Jónsson, ed. pdfs of Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning photographic...
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    Mímir (section Heimskringla)
    Sturluson of Iceland, and in euhemerized form as one of the Æsir in Heimskringla, also written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century. Mímir's name appears...
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    what is today known about Norse mythology and alliterative verse, and Heimskringla, a history of the Norse kings that begins with legendary material in...
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  • wields a magical wand. The name was also used for a Norse king in the Heimskringla. In his fictional writings, J. R. R. Tolkien eventually named his wizard...
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    Skaði (section Heimskringla)
    13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the works of...
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    Deeds of the Bishops of Hamburg, and Snorri Sturluson's 13th-century Heimskringla. Conflicting accounts of Sweyn's later life also appear in the Encomium...
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    century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. All sources note...
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    Bloodaxe Revisited", p. 190, n. 10 Heimskringla (Haraldar saga) ch. 33. Heimskringla (Haraldar saga) ch. 34–5. Heimskringla (Haraldar saga) ch. 42–3. E.g....
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    gratitude. In Old Norse sources, the clan figure prominently in the Heimskringla and in Sögubrot, where Hjörvard and his son Hjörmund belong to it. It...
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    Snorri Sturluson; and in euhemerized form in the Ynglinga saga from Heimskringla, also often considered to have been written by Snorri Sturluson in the...
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  • Universitetsforlaget. Heimskringla, Olav the Saint's Saga, Chapter 81 Heimskringla, Harald Fairhair's Saga, Chapter 14 Heimskringla, Harald Fairhair's Saga...
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    several times in the sagas that make up Heimskringla. In the Ynglinga saga, the first section of Heimskringla, an euhemerised account of the origin of...
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    the 13th century. In addition, she is mentioned in poems recorded in Heimskringla and Egils saga that date from the 9th and 10th centuries, respectively...
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    1225, Snorri Sturluson wrote Olav Kyrres saga about King Olaf in the Heimskringla. Olaf was a son of King Harald Hardrada and Tora Torbergsdatter. Olaf...
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    13th century from earlier traditional material; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century; in the poetry of skalds; and on an...
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    ISBN 9780344335013. "Grímnismál (Old Norse)". heimskringla.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023. "Gylfaginning (Old Norse)". heimskringla.no. Retrieved 3 April 2023. Media...
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    Óðr (section Heimskringla)
    Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, both describe Óðr as Freyja's husband and father of her daughter Hnoss. Heimskringla adds...
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    heimskringla.no. Retrieved 11 June 2022. "Gylfaginning (Old Norse)". Heimskringla. Retrieved 15 January 2022. "Lokasenna (Old Norse)". Heimskringla....
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  • Ásgard' (Old Norse: verjandi Ásgarðs). In the Ynglinga saga, found in Heimskringla, Snorri describes Asgard as a city in Asia, based on a perceived, but...
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    Sigurd's death. The two main sources for Sigurd's life are the Norse Heimskringla and Orkneyinga sagas. According to the sagas, after the Battle of Hafrsfjord...
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