Equivalent Characters in
Old Norse, Old English and Latin Accounts of King Hrolf Kraki


This table is designed to assist the reader in comparing different versions of the story of King Hrolf Kraki by providing a quick means of identifying equivalent characters in the Old Norse Hrólfs Saga, the Old English Bowulf, Saxo Grammaticus' Latin Gesta Danorum (History of the Danes), and the Latin paraphrase of the Old Norse Skjöldunga Saga.

Hrólfs Saga Skjöldunga Saga Gesta Danorum Bëowulf
Aðils Adillus Athislus adgils
Böðvarr Bjarki Bodvarus Biarco Bëowulf*
Fróði Frodo Frotho Frda
Hálfdan Halfdanus Haldanus Healfdene
Helgi Helgo Helgo Hlga
Hróarr Roas Roe Hrðgr
Hrólfr Kraki Rolfo Krake Roluo Krake Hrðulf
Skjöldr Skioldus Skioldus Scyld Scfing
Yrsa Yrsa Vrsa Yrse*

* = probable association