Starkad
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400px|right|thumb|Starkad as illustrated on Carta Marina (1539) by [[Olaus Magnus.]] Starkad ( or ; Latin: Starcaterus; in the Late Middle Ages also Starkodder; modern Danish: Stærkodder) was either an eight-armed giant or the human grandson of the aforementioned giant in Norse mythology.
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- ''Beowulf''
- ''Hervarar saga''
- ''Gautreks saga''
- Skaldic poetry
- ''Ynglinga saga''
- ''Sögubrot''
- ''Norna-Gests þáttr''
- ''Gesta Danorum''
- Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus
- Later traditions
- Modern references
- Notes
- Sources and external links
400px|right|thumb|Starkad as illustrated on Carta Marina (1539) by [[Olaus Magnus.]] Starkad ( or ; Latin: Starcaterus; in the Late Middle Ages also Starkodder; modern Danish: Stærkodder) was either an eight-armed giant or the human grandson of the aforementioned giant in Norse mythology.
Starkad appears in numerous accounts, and the stories of his adventures relate to different Scandinavian traditions. He is most fully treated in Gesta Danorum but he also appears in Icelandic sources. He is portrayed as a great warrior who performed many heroic deeds but also many crimes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Starkad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.