Gautreks saga
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Gautreks saga is a Scandinavian legendary saga put to text towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts. It seems to have been intended as a compilation of traditi
Starkad kills king Vikar, by Louis Moe.
Starkad
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Starkad was either an eight-armed giant or the human grandson of the aforementioned giant in Norse mythology.
Gautreks saga
…known version of the saga includes these two lighthearted tales, but inserts between them an account of the ancestry, birth, and earliest exploits of Starkaðr, who is perhaps the grimmest and strangest of Scandinavian legendary heroes. This account, sometimes known as Víkars þáttr ("The Tale of Víkar"), was…
Starkad as illustrated on Carta Marina (1539) by Olaus Magnus.
The hero Starkad, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555).
Starkad leads Geats (the banner with a lion) and Swedes (the banner with three crowns) in battle against the Danes, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555).
Starkad in battle, from Olaus Magnus' Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555).