Rolf Krake

Also known as: King Rolf / Rolf · Family: Denmark · Role: king · First appears: Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Rolf Krake

Life events

• Vog gave Rolf Krake the name Rolf Krake, and Rolf gave Vog a gold ring.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Rolf Krake)
  • With: Vog
  • “Then he took a gold ring off his hand and gave it to the churl.”
• Vog pledged to become the bane of whoever became Rolf Krake’s bane.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Rolf Krake)
  • With: Vog
  • “You give as the best king of all, and therefore I now pledge myself to become the bane of him who becomes your bane.”
• Adils refused the treasures chosen for Rolf Krake and withheld the berserks’ pay.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Rolf Krake)
  • With: Adils
  • “But the king refused to surrender any of these treasures, nor did he give the berserks any pay.”
• Yrsa gave Rolf Krake the ring Sviagris and gold, and urged him to ride to his army.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Rolf Krake)
  • With: Yrsa
  • “Now Yrsa came and handed Rolf Krake a deer’s horn full of gold, and with it she gave him the ring Sviagris, and requested them to ride straightway to their army.”
• Rolf Krake escaped Adils’s pursuit by scattering gold and throwing the ring Sviagris to him.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Rolf Krake · 📍 the Fyrisvold)
  • With: Adils
  • “When Rolf Krake saw that King Adils was riding near him, he took the ring Sviagris and threw it to him, asking him to take it as a gift.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Rolf Krake

• protégé: Vog “Then he took a gold ring off his hand and gave it to the churl.”
• parent: Yrsa “Yrsa, his mother, received him and took him to his lodgings, but not to the king’s hall.”
• with Adils (stepfather and stepson) “King Adils sent a message to Rolf Krake, his stepson, asking him to come and help him, and promising to furnish pay for his whole army during the campaign.”
• enemies with Adils “Rolf Krake took gold out of the horn with his right hand, and scattered it over the whole way. But when the Swedes saw it they leaped out of their saddles, and each one took as much as he could. King Adils bade them ride, and he himself rode on with all his might.”
• with Vog (Vog pledges to avenge or protect Rolf Krake.) “You give as the best king of all, and therefore I now pledge myself to become the bane of him who becomes your bane.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.