Hrolf

In The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki we are introduced to multiple kings who are different in many ways. Each one of these achieve their leadership roles in different ways and are held to different standards. Some of these kings include King Frodi, King Hegi, and of course King Hrolf Kraki. King Frodi is one of the first kings mentioned in The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki and portrayed as the jealous, cold hearted brother of Halfdan. King Frodi and King Halfdan both achieved their leadership due

analyses and explains a list of attributes a ruler ought to have that are also presented in The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. The role of kings is meant to show how the king is supposed to lead and persuade his men to fight for honor. Sometimes, the king's bad decisions are reflected on his men as they follow his orders. While Hrolf Kraki is the perfect representation of a king in The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, driving his men forward and even performing

Vraj Patel What were the roles of women in the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki? Compare and contrast the various female characters in the story. How were women viewed in Viking culture in general? In the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, there were four main groups of women: “ Queens, sorceresses, a freeman’s loyal daughter and an elfin woman and her daughters” (Anon, Introduction). As stated in the Introduction of the book, the “important events turn on decisions made by women.” Throughout the book, this quote

Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki      There are so many similarities between the hero of the poem Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, an Iceland saga representing 1000 years of oral traditions prior to the 1300’s when it was written, that these similarities cannot be attributed solely to coincidence.   The Cambridge History of English and American Literature states that the hero of the poem, Beowulf himself, may be the same person as Bodvar Biarki, the chief of Hrolfr

Fierceness in Beowulf and in The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki        Is fierceness mentioned only in Beowulf or is it an element common also to this famous Icelandic saga? Is fierceness described the same way as in Beowulf?   The Anglo-Saxons prior to 1000AD were as a race fierce. They possessed great courage. Beowulf reflects their fierceness and courage in a variety of ways. Beowulf complains to Unferth in the Danish court: “Grendel would never have done such horrors … if you were so

Beowulf and Icelandic Sagas                     There are many similarities between the hero of the poem Beowulf and the heroes of the two Icelandic sagas, The Saga of The Volsungs and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. The former saga is an Icelandic saga representing oral traditions dating back to the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun was fighting on the northern fringes of the Roman Empire; the latter is an Icelandic saga representing 1000 years of oral traditions prior to the

Christian Influence on Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki        In Beowulf the Christian influence is revealed through approximately 70 passages in which the form of expression or the thought suggests Christian usage or doctrine (Blackburn 3); The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki is in its own way infused with Christian values even though it preserves remnants of the cult of Odin.   The Christian element seems to be too deeply interwoven in the text of Beowulf for us to suppose that

Beowulf , Widsith and Icelandic Sagas                          Are women in these poems active equals of the men? Or are they passive victims of the men? The roles of the women in Beowulf, Widsith, The Saga of The Volsungs, and the Saga of King Hrolf Kraki are not always stereotyped ones of passive homemaker and childbearer and peaceweaver, but sometimes ones giving freedom of choice, range of activity, and opportunity for personal growth and development.   Let us first of all consider

berserkers. It’s needed as the project only deals with the context of Hrolf Kraki. Stine, R.D. The Wolf-Coat Project. Print. An in-depth exploration of wolf-coats (berserkers). It provides numerous insights into the berserkers and their animal skins but lacks a real thesis—mostly another contextual piece Greatly beneficial to this project due to its content, which is required for an analysis of the werewolf/berserker elements of Hrolf Kraki (especially to give it proper historical/cultural

Vikings were a group of people from Scandanavia (modern-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden) who navigated the North Atlantic and Baltic Regions, sailing to destinations in the south to North Africa, and east to Russia, Constantinople (“Istanbul”) and the Middle East, as ‘hit-and-run’ looters, traders and colonists. Notably, the Vikings were seen as a barbaric clan by their victims, especially to those in Europe with whom they had an imposing influence. Equally, as the Old Norse (the language of the Norsemen)