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Vikar

Hero of the Gautreks Saga.

Vikar was a son of King Harald of the Agder Province. His father had a champion named Storvirk who was a father of Starkad, so Vikar's father became Starkad's foster-father.

His father was killed by Herthjof, king of Hordaland. Herthjof took both Vikar and Starkad as hostages. These two young hostages became blood-brothers.

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Vikar – "Sacred Hair".

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Norse Heroes 2:

  • • Bodvar Bjarki
  • • Frodi
  • • Halfdan
  • • Helgi (Skjoldung)
  • • Hrolf Kraki
  • • Skiold (Scyld)
  • • Starkad
  • • Svipdag
  • • Vikar
  • • Vogg
Starkad

Starkad

The hero in the Gautreks Saga . Starkad was a son of Storvirk and Unn. Starkad was named after his grandfather, Starkad the Ala-Warrior, and the hero himself was known as Starkad the Old. Starkad the Ala-Warrior was said to be a giant who abducted...

April 2nd, 2009 • Jimmy Joe
Gautreks Saga

Gautreks Saga

The Viking romance called Gautrek's Saga is a rather strange tale; in it, this king was actually a minor character. The tale centred more around two heroes - Starkad and Ref. The parts of the tale seem to be unrelated to one another, with Gautrek ...

May 1st, 2004 • Jimmy Joe
Svipdag

Svipdag

One of Hrolf's champions. Svipdag played a prominent role in Hrolfs saga Kraki , and there is a whole episode of his adventures in the saga. Svipdag was a son of a farmer, Svip. He was a brother of Hvitserk and Beygad. They all lived on a farm nea...

April 2nd, 2009 • Jimmy Joe
Bodvar Bjarki

Bodvar Bjarki

Champion of Hrolf Kraki. Most of what we know about Bodvar comes from the Hrolfs saga Kraka , a story about the Skiodung dynasty, where he appeared prominently as Champion of Hrolf, the king of Denmark. However, he appeared in other versions. Bodv...

April 2nd, 2009 • Jimmy Joe
Helgi Hiorvardsson

Helgi Hiorvardsson

Helgi Hiorvardsson should not be confused with Helgi Hundingsbani, son of Sigmund and Borghild (Helgi Hundingsbani was also known as Helgi Sigmundarson). This Helgi was a son of Hiorvard and Sigrlinn. Helgi was the hero of the 2nd heroic poem of t...

April 4th, 2010 • Jimmy Joe
Vogg

Vogg

A friend of Hrolf. Vogg was a servant of Yrsa, who was the mother of Hrolf, king of Denmark. At the time, Yrsa was married to Adils, king of Sweden, and Vogg was serving Yrsa as her servant and her champion. In Hrolfs saga Kraki, when Hrolf came t...

April 2nd, 2009 • Jimmy Joe
Vidar

Vidar

Vidar was the son of Odin and the giantess Grid "peace". Vidar was known as the silent god or silent As, because he rarely talked. Vidar was thesecond strongest As after Thor . Vidar lived in Brushwood. Brushwood was either the name of his hall or...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Norse Heroes 1

Norse Heroes 1

The majority of these characters come from the Völsunga Saga, so for the full story, read Völsunga Saga . It should be noted that Wayland was the English name of the divine master smith, but he was famous for myths throughout the other Germanic ki...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Guttorm

Guttorm

A Giuking and murderer of Sigurd. According to the Volsunga Saga and the poems from the Poetic Edda, Guttorm was the son of Giuki and Grimhild . He was the brother of Gunnar , Hogni and Gudrun . But in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Guttorm was on...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Norse Heroes 2

Norse Heroes 2

Norse Heroes 2 has articles of heroes who are not connected to the Volung-Nibelung cycle. Most of the characters in this page are the Skioldungs (Skjoldungs). The Skioldungs were known as the Scyldings in the Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf . The Skiold...

April 2nd, 2009 • Jimmy Joe

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