Yrsa
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right|200px|thumb|Yrsa falling in love with Helgi, not knowing that he is her father, by Jenny Nyström (1895).
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1963
- Works
- 85
Top works
- Rauch
- Nacht
- Brakið
- Aflausn
- El Ultimo Ritual
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- Listeners
- 316
- Total plays
- 1,260
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- date of death
- 0600-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Scholarly analysis
- In the Icelandic sagas
- ''Hrólfr Kraki's saga''
- ''Skjöldunga saga''
- ''Ynglinga saga''
- ''Skáldskaparmál''
- ''Gróttasöngr''
- In other pre-modern sources
- ''Chronicon Lethrense'' and ''Annales Lundenses''
- ''Gesta Danorum''
- ''Beowulf''
- In film
- Notes
- References
- Sources
right|200px|thumb|Yrsa falling in love with Helgi, not knowing that he is her father, by Jenny Nyström (1895).
Yrsa, Yrse, Yrs or Urse (fl. 6th century) was a tragic heroine of early Scandinavian legend. She is typically characterized as the wife of Swedish king Eadgils and mother of Danish king Hrólfr Kraki.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yrsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.