Saxo Grammaticus

Óðinn is the Norse deity who appears most frequently throughout the first nine books of Gesta Danorum. His name is variously rendered as Othinus, Othynus and Othin ,  and readers familiar with the Icelandic corpus will instantly recognize his many characteristics: The one-eyed old man appearing in many guises and under many names, riding a special horse, consulting oracles, granting courage, poetic ability and invulnerability to his chosen champions, ever anxious to have the spirits of the fallen dedicated to him etc., ie. the  Óðinn from poetry and legendary sagas.  Óðinn/ Othinus appearing under strange names is familiar to us - but was he familiar to Saxo? Axel Olrik expressed serious doubt about the cleric's ability to recognize the deity in his source material: "We recognize Odin easily enough; even the names under which he appears do not serve to hide him from us, but to reveal to us his true nature [...] this is not the case for Saxo; only a few times does he know with

Free download here           This small chronicle, by Marcus Lorenzen called "The Legendary Chronicle in Stockholm" because it only contains            legends, is found in Cod. Holm. K 46. The chronicle is a rather clumsy adaptation of earlier texts such as Annales           Ryenses and ultimately Gesta Danorum, with the author frequently misunderstanding his sources or even forgetting           to include material. The chronicle was dated by Peter Skautrup to around 1460, and was most likely authored           by the Franciscan monk Olavus Jacobi in Næstved. Text sample:           Ten tredyæ oc føryætyuennæ vor ten sammæ Halden, som draph koningh Eryk af Suørygæ oc en kempæ aff Suerighæ,           som hed Syuald, oc hans broder met hannum at en synnum, oc han vor sa sterk, at han dro træ opp meth rødher oc sloos           met tøm. Han drap oc i Suerigæ end iættæ, som hed Hartend, oc hans tolf kempæ met hannum. Then Harten vorr           elløfuæ alnæ høw. Oc sien gioræ han m