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Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a
patriotic work of
Danish history, by the 12th-century
author Saxo
Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally...
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Danish ruler. The
first to do so is Saxo
Grammaticus in his work
Gesta Danorum (c. 1200). This work
mixes Norse legend with data
about Danish history...
- the main
advisor to
Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the
author of the
Gesta Danorum, the
first full
history of Denmark, from
which the
legend of
Amleth would...
- was a
legendary king of
Zealand or Denmark, who
appears in
Gesta Danorum,
Gesta Danorum på danskæ, Sögubrot, Njáls saga,
Hversu Noregr byggðist, Skjöldunga...
- An
account provided by Saxo
Grammaticus in his 12th century work
Gesta Danorum euhemerises Nanna as a
human female, the
daughter of King Gevar, and the...
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Grammaticus recorded an
alternative version of this myth in his
Gesta Danorum. In this version, the
mortal hero Høtherus and the demi-god
Balderus compete...
- (or Angel) is a
figure in
Nordic mythology who,
according to the
Gesta Danorum was the
ancestor of the Danes,
along with his
brother Dan. He was also...
- sea-king, in
Norse mythology. He is
mentioned in the 12th
century Gesta Danorum and
Chronicon Lethrense, and in 13th-century
sources including Ynglinga...
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Gesta Danorum (English: "Deeds of the Danes"),
called Gesta Danorum på danskæ ("Deeds of the
Danes in Danish") to
distinguish it from the
better known...
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castle was
referred to as the "Castle of the Danes", in
Latin castrum danorum and in
contemporary archaic Estonian taani linna. From the latter, the...
