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Time Off: Travel - A very modern Viking warrior; Jane Woodhead meets a re-enactment entertainer.(Features)
; Byline: Jane Woodhead NEVER did a young Hrolf Douglasson imagine as he played his childhood...one day he would be living out his dream. Hrolf,a qualified electronics engineer,loves...living days as the Vikings would. But today Hrolf,from Wallasey,is bringing joy to thousands...
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The Bathgate sorcerer
; ...Lozana, in the Kingdom of Foix, where green serpents and wicked demons roam free, the Lady Morgana and her companions - Sgt Hrolf, Pandora, and the Knight, Don Incio - are on a quest to defeat the evil forces of Morvel Earth. Back in the real world and John...
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Yuletide beasts at Lejre.(Part II. Beyond the Mere: Other Versions of Beowulfian Stories)(Excerpt)
; ...for this episode in the closely related Hrolf Kraki's Saga (chapter 23). Nevertheless...sometimes Bodvar; he is the Bodvar Bjarki of Hrolf Kraki's Saga. As the passage begins, Bjarki...young Hjalti from being bullied by King Hrolf Kraki's men. MARIJANE OSBORN University...
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Monsters of fjord and fen.(Part II. Beyond the Mere: Other Versions of Beowulfian Stories)(Editorial)
; ...predators, such as those found in the stories of Beowulf and King Hrolf Kraki. The first tale is a localized story about two realistic...animals) that attack Lejre (Hleidar), the legendary home of Hrolf Kraki and the other Skjoldung kings. The next story, localized...
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The Battle on the Ice.(Later Adventure of the Skjoldung Heroes)(Excerpt)
; ...Vaner in Sweden. Here Adals is supported by Hrolf kraki's warriors. A battle including the...asked for the help of his stepson Rolfo [Hrolf]. The soe side [wide sea] mentioned at...the same winter battle as that in which Hrolf kraki sends men to support Adals against...
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Leif Erikson Fest scheduled for Sunday
; ...will provide a look at everyday Scandinavian wear. Magnus Hrolf, a "living Viking" who has an extensive display of artifacts, will present a program about the items at 2:15 and 4 p.m. Hrolf, a Chicago writer, also will help direct Viking games for...
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From Indians to Vikings, Views of Holiday Diverse
; ...individual's quest was at the center of Magnus Hrolf's view of the significance of the 70th...Festival. Outside the Scandinavian Club, Hrolf, a resident of Geneva, was organizing a...heaping smorgasbord were in full swing. Hrolf said Erikson, who is thought to have arrived...
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Viking couple say 'I do' in a very uncivil ceremony
; ...real-life partner, Hazel, who were 'married' by Hrolf Douglasson from the Orkneys. Before it began Snorri and Hrolf argued over what the bridegroom was prepared...she was "used", but it went ahead after Hrolf replied that Gythe was "experienced and...
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Robert McNeil's Week
; ...of book-style gifts to fall back on: Questioning the Millennium, The Scottish Parliament, some PJ O'Rourke, and The Saga of Hrolf Kraki (que?). But, above all, more thought-provoking and stimulating, more heartwarming and philosophical than anything else...
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The Ninety-First Annual Meeting society for the advancement of Scandinavian study North Park University, Chicago, IL April 25-28, 2001.
; ...University) * Marv Slind (Luther College) Using Computers in the Traditional Lecture Class. * Jesse Byock (UCLA) A Consideration of Hrolf's Sagas as a Source for the Teaching of Early Scandinavian History and Society. * Terje Leiren (University of Washington) Everybody...
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