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
|
