Grottasöngr
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Grottasǫngr is an Old Norse poem, sometimes counted among the poems of the Poetic Edda as it appears in manuscripts that are later than the Codex Regius. The tradition is also preserved in one of the
Fenja and Menja at the mill. Illustration by Carl Larsson and Gunnar Forssell.
Menia and Fenia by W. J. Wiegand
Yrsa
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Yrsa, Yrse, Yrs or Urse was a tragic heroine of early Scandinavian legend. She is typically characterized as the wife of Swedish king Eadgils and mother of Danish king Hrólfr Kraki.
Yrsa falling in love with Helgi, not knowing that he is her father, by Jenny Nyström (1895).
Hrolf Kraki fleeing the Swedish king Adils on the Fýrisvellir