Víkar
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v-kar-271-1704492
title:
Víkar
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Víkar was a legendary Norwegian king who found himself and his ships becalmed for a long period. To raise a wind, a human blood sacrifice was needed, and the lots fell on King Víkar himself. Starkad (Starkaðr), Víkar's counselor urged a mock hanging from a tree instead, but in giving this advice Starkad had been prompted by the god Odin, who desired Víkar's death. According to the account in Gautreks saga, when Starkad let loose the branch, the apparent reed-stalk with which Starkad stabbed at t
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Legendary Norwegian king
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADkar
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date modified:
2024-02-27T14:17:33Z
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