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    Konungs skuggsjá (Old Norse for "King's mirror"; Latin: Speculum regale, modern Norwegian: Kongsspegelen (Nynorsk) or Kongespeilet (Bokmål)) is a Norwegian...
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    Oath Brothers), the story of Olaf Tryggvason in the Heimskringla, the Konungs skuggsjá and Adam of Bremen. Individual messages can also be found in the Icelandic...
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  • far-away mythological creatures. Toward the end of the 12th century, Konungs skuggsjá, an Old Norse philosophical didactic work, featured several descriptions...
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  • hafgufa is mentioned in the mid-13th century Norwegian tract called the Konungs skuggsjá ("King's Mirror"). Later recensions of Örvar-Odds saga feature hafgufa...
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    described as a counterpart to the hideous mermaid margýgr in the Konungs skuggsjá ("King's mirror", c. 1250). He is said to generally match her anthropomorphic...
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  • translator. His notable works included his translation from Old Norse of Konungs skuggsjá (Harvard UP, 1917). Laurence Larson was born at Bergen in Hordaland...
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    dealing with royal power in medieval Norway, the Heimskringla and the Konungs skuggsjá ("King's Mirror"), make explicit the link between a king or leader...
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    Seas: whales; the kraken", The King's Mirror: (Speculum Regalae - Konungs Skuggsjá), Library of Scandinavian literature 15, translated by Larson, Laurence...
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  • may come out at his belly...". The 1250 King's Mirror, also known as Konungs skuggsjá or Speculum Regale mentions the atgeirr: "Blýsteyptir hersporar ok...
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  • Joyce Kalevala John Keats, including La Belle Dame sans Merci The Konungs skuggsjá or Royal Mirror Krummholz Jean de La Fontaine and "The Ant and the...
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