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    Bödvar Bjarki (Old Norse: Bǫðvarr Bjarki [ˈbɔðˌvɑrː ˈbjɑrki]), meaning 'Warlike Little-Bear', is the hero appearing in tales of Hrólfr Kraki in the Hrólfs...
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    inn mikilaflaði, Starólfr, Hjalti inn hugprúði and Bödvar Bjarki. After some time, Bödvar Bjarki encouraged Hrólfr to go Uppsala to claim the gold that...
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    the hero Beowulf could have the same origin as Hroðulf's berserker Bödvar Bjarki, who appears in Scandinavian sources. Among these sources, it is the...
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    Elgfróði (Elk-Fróði) is the half-man, half-elk elder brother of the hero Bödvar Bjarki and Thorir Houndsfoot. The name is also used to describe mythical creatures...
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  • inn mikilaflaði, Starólfr, Hjalti inn hugprúði and Bödvar Bjarki. After some time, Bödvar Bjarki encouraged Hrólfr to go Uppsala to claim the gold that...
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  • the War of the Ring. Like the powerful medieval heroes Beowulf and Bödvar Bjarki, whose names both mean "bear", he exemplifies the Northern courage that...
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  • Bjarki may refer to: Bödvar Bjarki, the hero appearing in tales of Hrólf Kraki in the Saga of Hrólf Kraki, in the Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga...
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  • spirit of a sleeping person who appears in the form of an animal, as Bödvar Bjarki in the saga of Hrólfr Kraki. In Norse mythology, hamingja (Old Norse...
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    790s. The tale of Agnar tells how he was cut in half by the warrior Bödvar Bjarki (Warlike little Bear), and how he died "with his lips separated into...
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    kills a beast, finds a parallel in Hrólf Kraki's saga. In this saga, Bödvar Bjarki leaves Gautland and arrives at the Danish court after a naval voyage...
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