Örvar-Oddr
Sign in to savethumb|''Ǫrvar-Oddr informs Hjalmar and Ingeborg|Ingeborg about [[Hjalmar's death'', by August Malmström (1859)]] Ǫrvar-Oddr, also spelt Örvar-Oddr ( , "Arrow-Odd" or "Arrow's Point") is a legendary hero about whom an anonymous Icelander wrote a fornaldarsaga in the latter part of the 13th century. Ǫrvar-Odds saga, the Saga of Ǫrvar-Odd, became very popular and contains old legends and songs. He also appears in Hervarar saga and, concerning the battle on Samsø, in Gesta Danorum.
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Plot summary
- Prophecy
- Hjalmar and Angantyr
- Ǫgmundr Flóki
- Barkman
- Death
- Analysis
- Ǫrvar-Oddr and Norwegian Rugii
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|''Ǫrvar-Oddr informs Hjalmar and Ingeborg|Ingeborg about [[Hjalmar's death'', by August Malmström (1859)]] Ǫrvar-Oddr, also spelt Örvar-Oddr ( , "Arrow-Odd" or "Arrow's Point") is a legendary hero about whom an anonymous Icelander wrote a fornaldarsaga in the latter part of the 13th century. Ǫrvar-Odds saga, the Saga of Ǫrvar-Odd, became very popular and contains old legends and songs. He also appears in Hervarar saga and, concerning the battle on Samsø, in Gesta Danorum.
==Plot summary==
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