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    Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas in Germanic...
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    is also listed first in most medieval Swedish king lists. The Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks has in some versions an addition which gives a regnal list of...
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    found in the 13th century legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, in the 13th-century legendary saga Völsunga saga as the ancestor of the horse Grani...
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    the king in Skáldatal and Landnámabók. Early Swedish history "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks" Archived 2007-05-08 at the National and University Library of...
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  • remained in use. Impenetrable armour occurs in Norse mythology in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, a story that Tolkien certainly knew and could have used for his...
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    Hrólf Kraki. Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks - a saga which may be of Swedish origin containing Swedish, Geatish and Gothic heroes. This saga still serves as...
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    Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok, Tale of Ragnar's Sons, Heimskringla, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum, and many other Icelandic sources...
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  • name appearing in two medieval Scandinavian legendary texts: Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks and (in the Latinised form as Gestiblindus) in Saxo Grammaticus'...
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    Norse: skjaldmær most often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. However, female warriors are also mentioned in the Latin work...
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  • tradition". Five riddles found in the poem Heiðreks gátur contained in the legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks employ the phrase "Delling's doors" (Old...
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