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Also known as Yrse

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1963-08-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
316
Total plays
1,260

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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