SELECTED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM

1907
Saxo Grammaticus'
Danmarks Krônike
Books 1-16
by Fr. Winkel Horn

 Illustrations by Louis Moe
   
[Also see Ragnarok: en billeddigtning by Louis Moe]
       
   
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Book I
 
 
Dan and Angel
 
 

Humble and Lother
 
 
Skjöld binds the bear
 
 

Bess speaks to Groa

 
 
The robbers that Gram slew
 
 
Gram Kills King Henrik

 
 
Hadding and Hardgrep
 
 
   
 

Hadding and the one-eyed old man
 
 

King Hadding's battle with the sea-god
 
 
King Hadding before the underworld wall

 
 
King Hadding's Death

 
 
Book II
 
 


 
 

King Frodi's Gold

 
                
   
 
 
   
 
Book III
 
 

 
Baldur beholds Nanna

 
 
Höd rides over the snowy mountains
 
     
   
Thor in the battle with Baldur
 
     
   
Höd and the wood-maidens
 
 
Baldur carried to battle
   

Röst woos Rind

 
   
Veggi and the King by Rind's sickbed
 
   


Hörvandil's battle with Koll

 
  THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S
HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK 
 
 
   
 Amleth (Hamlet) hardens the tree branches

 
     
     
 
 
Hamlet and his mother
 
 




 









 
  Hamlet on his way to England


 
 
 
Hamlet wakes Feng 

 
 
 
 
 
     
     
     
 
Book IV
 
   

The shieldmaiden Rusla
 
 

 
Book V
 
   


ERIK & GUNWARA
A lost tale of Óðr and Freyja




Young King Frodi (Frey)
 
   

Gunwara (Freyja) secure in her castle
 
     
   
Gotwar represents the King

 
   

The Hunnish Princess
 
   
   
 
     
 
Gunwara's Suitors
 
 


Kraka and the food of strength
 
 
 
Erik and Roller at the table
 
 
Erik's battle of words with Grep
 
 

Grep retreats from the battle of words
 
 
     
 

 
 
     
   
Roller kills Grep
 
 
Erik and the King's Sister (Gunwara-Freyja)
 


 

Eric defeats Gotwar

 
 


 
 
Erik and Roller rescue the King (Frey)
 
 

 
     
   
Book VI
 
 
Scenes from the Van-As War


The castle of the 12 brothers (Asgard)

 

 
 
Björn (Odin) and his companion

 
 
Fridleif's (Njörd's) Adventure

 
   
 

Fridlief listens to the swansong


 
 
Björn and his dog in battle with Fridlief


  

 
 
Ani the Archer

 
     
   
     
 
Book VII
 
     
 
Halfdan and Thor 
 
 
 
OTHARUS & SYRITHA
A lost tale of Óðr and Freyja




Ottar frees Syritha 
 
   

Syritha tends the giantess' goats
 
   
Syritha comes to Ebbe's abode
 
   

Syritha in the bridal chamber

 
 


 

 
 
 
Book VIII

 
 
   
 
The shieldmaiden Vebjörg


     
 
 
Stakraddr's death

  
 

Queen Swanhild's Death

 
 
A VISIT TO THE UNDERWORLD


Thorkill visits the giants

 
 
 
Utgard-Loki
 
     
 
Geirrod's Hall

  
 
 


Book IX

 
 
   

Ragnar Lodbrok slays the serpents
 
   
Ragnar Lodbrok in the snakepit
 
     
 
Book X 
 
     
   
Hakon sacrifices his sons
 
 

 
Toki's mastershot

 
 
 


Book XIV 
 
 

Toppling the idol of the Slavic god Svantevit

 
  Book XVI   
   
 

 
 
 
 
 
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