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Hjaðningavíg
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Hjaðningavíg, the legend of Heðinn and Hǫgni or the Saga of Hild is a Germanic heroic legend about a never-ending battle which is documented in Sörla þáttr, Ragnarsdrápa, Gesta Danorum, Skíðaríma and
A detail from the Stora Hammars I stone, an image stone on Gotland
A detail from the Stora Hammars I stone, an image stone on Gotland
A detail from the Smiss (I) stone, an image stone on Gotland
A detail from the Smiss (I) stone, an image stone on Gotland
Text and illustration from Bodley 614
Text and illustration from Bodley 614
Hoy, Orkney
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Hoy is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre, links the island to the smaller South Walls
Hjaðningavíg
…In the older poem Ragnarsdrápa, Hǫgni finally found her and the island where Heðinn waited with his army. This island is explained as the island of Hoy in Orkney by Snorri Sturluson in Skáldskaparmál. Hildr welcomed her father and offered him peace and a necklace on behalf of Heðinn. However, Hǫgni had…
The Old Man of Hoy, at the western side of the island, seen from the south
The Old Man of Hoy, at the western side of the island, seen from the south
The Dwarfie Stane
The Dwarfie Stane
MV Hoy Head, the Houton, Lyness, Flotta and Longhope ferry.
MV Hoy Head, the Houton, Lyness, Flotta and Longhope ferry.
MV Graemsay, the Stromness, Graemsay and Moaness ferry at Moaness pier
MV Graemsay, the Stromness, Graemsay and Moaness ferry at Moaness pier