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Völsa þáttr

Index Völsa þáttr

"Vǫlsa þáttr" is a short story which is only extant in the Flateyjarbók codex, where it is found in a chapter of Óláfs saga helga. [1]

11 relations: Ashvamedha, Óláfs saga helga, Blót, Cnut the Great, Finn Árnasson, Flateyjarbók, Horse slaughter, Olaf II of Norway, Scandinavia, Stallion, Thrall.

Ashvamedha

The Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध aśvamedhá) is a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion.

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Óláfs saga helga

Óláfs saga helga or the Saga of St.

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Blót

Blót is the term for "sacrifice" in Norse paganism.

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Cnut the Great

Cnut the GreatBolton, The Empire of Cnut the Great: Conquest and the Consolidation of Power in Northern Europe in the Early Eleventh Century (Leiden, 2009) (Cnut se Micela, Knútr inn ríki. Retrieved 21 January 2016. – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute—whose father was Sweyn Forkbeard (which gave him the patronym Sweynsson, Sveinsson)—was King of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire.

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Finn Árnasson

Finn Árnasson (modern Norwegian Finn Arnesson; died c. 1065) was a Norwegian nobleman and advisor to both King Olaf Haraldsson (later named Saint Olaf) and King Harald III of Norway and later served King Sweyn II of Denmark.

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Flateyjarbók

Flateyjarbók is an important medieval Icelandic manuscript.

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Horse slaughter

Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption.

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Olaf II of Norway

Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – 29 July 1030), later known as St.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

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Stallion

A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated).

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Thrall

A thrall (Old Norse/Icelandic: þræll, Norwegian: trell, Danish: træl, Swedish: träl) was a slave or serf in Scandinavian lands during the Viking Age.

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Redirects here:

Voelsa thattr, Volsa thattr, Völsi, Vǫlsa þáttr, Vǫlsi.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Völsa_þáttr

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