Hrólfr Kraki spreading gold to escape the Swedes, by Jenny Nyström ( 1895 ).

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The poem introduces Hroðulf ( Hrólfr Kraki in Scandinavian sources ) as Hrothgar's supporter and right-hand man ; and we learn that Hroðulf is Hrothgar's nephew and that " each was true to the other ".

In Scandinavian sources, Heorot corresponds to Hleiðargarðr, King Hroðulf's ( Hrólfr Kraki ) hall mentioned in Hrólf Kraki's saga, and located in Lejre.

Eadgils pursuing Hrólfr Kraki on the Fyrisvellir

However, Scandinavian sources mostly deal with his interaction with the legendary Danish king Hrólfr Kraki ( Hroðulf ), and Eadgils is mostly presented in a negative light as a rich and greedy king.

Helgi and Yrsa had the son Hrólfr Kraki ( Hroðulf ).

Image: Hjörvard and Rolf krake. jpg | Heoroweard and Hrólfr Kraki ( 1895 )

Hroðulf ( Hrólfr Kraki ) is only mentioned as Hroðgar's nephew, whereas he is specified as Halga's son in Norse sources.

Much later, he met Yrse, and without knowing that she was his daughter, he made her pregnant with Hrólfr Kraki ( Hroðulf ).

Helgi and Yrsa had the son Hrólfr Kraki ( Hroðulf ).

Yrsa bore a son named Hrólfr Kraki ( Hroðulf ).

Hrólfr Kraki was only eight years old when Helgi died during a war expedition, and Hrólfr was proclaimed his successor.

The two then sing a prophecy of vengeance mentioning Hrólfr Kraki, Yrsa, Fróði and Halfdan:

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Hjörvarðr ( Heoroweard ) and Hrólfr Kraki ( Hroðulf ), by Jenny Nyström ( 1895 ).

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Skuld was a princess of Scandinavian legend who married Heoroweard and encouraged him to kill Hroðulf ( Hrólfr Kraki ).

Much later when her half-brother Hrólfr Kraki was king of the Danes, Skuld began to turn her husband against Hrólfr.

As her half-brother Rolfo ( Hrólfr Kraki, Hroðulf ) was not consulted about this marriage, he was infuriated and he attacked Öland and made Hiørvardus and his kingdom tributary to Denmark.

In Hrólfr Kraki's saga, she was first captured by Halga who had Hroðulf with him.

He raped Yrsa, his own daughter, and took her back to Lejre, where she bore him the son Hrólfr ( Hroðulf ).

the latinization of Hrólfr into the similar Roluo in the Gesta Danorum ), but Norman people called him by his popular name Rou ( f ) ( see Wace's Roman de Rou ).

The Gesta Danorum ( book 2 ), by Saxo Grammaticus, tells that Roluo ( Hrólfr Kraki ) defeated Athislus ( Eadgils ) and gave Sweden to young man named Hiartuar ( Heoroweard ), who was seized by passion to Roluo's beautiful but heartless sister Skulde and married her.

The name " Rollo " is a Latin translation from the Old Norse name Hrólfr, modern Scandinavian name Rolf ( cf.

Sometimes his name is turned into the Frankish name Rodolf ( us ) or Radulf ( us ) or the French Raoul, that are derived from it .< ref group =" Note "> Rou is the result of a series of French regular phonetic changes from Hrólfr > Rolf > Rouf to Rou ( see Lepelley 15-16 ) and Norman names in-ouf and-ou ( t ): I ( n ) gouf and Ygout < Old Norse Ingulfr / Ingólfr ( Old Danish Ingulf ).

The human queen who had an elvish lover bore the hero Högni, and the elf-woman who was raped by Helgi bore Skuld, who married Hjörvard, Hrólfr Kraki's killer.

It tells how he causes Harald Finehair to be given his byname Fairhair by cutting and dressing his hair, which had been uncut for ten years on account of Harald's vow never to cut it until he was ruler of all Norway, and it makes him the father of Ganger-Hrólf, identified by saga writers with the Rollo ( Hrólfr ), ancestor of the Dukes of Normandy, who was said to have been established as Count of Rouen by King Charles the Simple in 931.

Then she gave Hrólfr and his men twelve of the Swedish king's best horses ( Aðils was famous for his well-bred horses ), and all the armour and provisions they needed.

Later, Hrólfr was killed by his brother-in-law Hjörvarðr ( i. e. the Heoroweard of Beowulf ) through treason and when the battle was over Hrólfr's sister the half-elven Skuld ruled Denmark.

When Hrólfr was eight years old, Helgi died during a war expedition and Hrólfr was proclaimed king.

Hrólfr was busy fighting the Saxons but sent his berserkers.

He was succeeded by his son Hrólfr.

A fourth Signy was Hroðgar's sister in Skjöldunga saga and Hrólfr Kraki's saga.

After a hard fight Þórbergr was captured and not long afterwards she married Hrólfr.

Hrólfr Kraki's saga tells that one Yule, Helgi ( appears as Halga in Beowulf ) was visited by an ugly being while he was in his hunting house.

Svipdag chose not to remain with king Aðils and instead he sought service with Yrsa's son Hrólfr who had succeeded Helgi as the king of Denmark.

After some time, when Aðils owed Hrólfr not only the gold he had taken from Helgi during the battle, but also tribute for his help fighting king Áli ( i. e. Onela of Beowulf ) in the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, Hrólfr arrived at Uppsala to gather his tribute.

When Hrólfr proposed, she rushed up, grabbed her weapons and ordered her men to " fetch and bind the fool who offended king Þórbergr ".

When the new peace agreement between Hrólfr and king Erik had been established, Hrólf went to Ulleråker to propose once more to the princess.

After some time Hrólfr succeeded his brother Ketill as the king of the Geats, but nobody wrote down that story.

To overcome him, Skuld cast the most powerful spell to resuscitate her fallen warriors and after a long fight Hrólfr and all his eleven champions fell, with the sole exception of Vöggr who promises to avenge the king.