King Olaf the Saint
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Baer,
Trish (en.)
b. 25th January 1952
Occupation: Adjunct Professor in Medieval Studies; Digital Scholarship Fellow in the Electronic Texts and Culture Lab; editor and MyNDIR-IDG (Insight Development Grant) Team Leader
Occupation: Adjunct Professor in Medieval Studies; Digital Scholarship Fellow in the Electronic Texts and Culture Lab; editor and MyNDIR-IDG (Insight Development Grant) Team Leader
Historical Persons, i.e. from Heimskringla, Saxo, sagas etc.
Óláfr
Guðröðarson (non.)
Óláfr
Geirstaðaalfr
Olaf
Geirstad-Alf (en.)
In Þáttr Ólafs Geirstaða Alfs, in the
Flateyjarbók manuscript, Ólafr Guðröðarson is worshipped after his death
and called Ólafr Geirstaðaalfr, i.e., the "elf of Geirstad. His ghost
arranges to have his grave mound destroyed so that he can be reborn as
Ólafr Haraldsson, the Norwegian king who was canonized a year after his
martyrdom at the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Ólafr Haraldsson
is now known as Holy King St. Ólaf, the patron saint of Norway.
Óláfr
Haraldsson (non.)
Olaf
Haraldsson (en.)
The Norwegian king whose saga makes up one third of Heimskringla. He became a saint one
year after he died in 1030. According to Heimskringla, he died at the Battle of Stiklestad.
Nouns
Victorian (en.)The
Victorian era began with the reign of Queen Victoria and ended with her
death (June 20, 1837 – January 22, 1901).
alvar (non.)
elves (en.)
Source Materials:
Hellig-Olavs Væddefart (non.)
King Olaf's Race (en.)
Danish ballad (DgF 50) that tells of a race to Norway between King
Ólafr and his half-brother, Haraldr Sigurðarson.
Wonderful Stories
from Northern Lands (en.)Julia Goddard's collection of
retellings based on eddaic poems, sagas and ballads.
Þáttr Ólafs Geirstaða
Alfs (non.)A post-pagan tale in the Flateyjarbók manuscript in
which Ólafr Guðröðarson is worshipped after his death and called Ólafr
Geirstaðaalfr, i.e., the "elf of Geirstad. According to the tale,
Ólafr's ghost arranges to have his grave mound destroyed so that Ólafr
can be reborn as Ólafr Haraldsson, the Norwegian king who was martyred
at the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030 and was canonized a year
later. Ólafr Haraldsson is now known as Holy King St. Ólaf, the patron
saint of Norway.
Source Persons
Goddard,
Julia (en.)
b. 11th July 1825
d. 30th September 1896
Nationality: British
Julia Goddard was a British children's writer, animal rights activist, journalist and artist. She wrote over 25 books in her lifetime.
d. 30th September 1896
Nationality: British
Julia Goddard was a British children's writer, animal rights activist, journalist and artist. She wrote over 25 books in her lifetime.
Weigand,
W.J. (en.)
b. Unknown
d. Unknown
Nationality: British
Illustrator and draughtsman whose work was published in many London magazines.
d. Unknown
Nationality: British
Illustrator and draughtsman whose work was published in many London magazines.