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Amleth

Amleth is a figure in a medieval Scandinavian legend, the direct inspiration of the character of Prince Hamlet, the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Wikipedia
Adaptations: The Northman (2022) and Prince of Jutland (1994)
Amleth is a figure in a medieval Scandinavian legend, the direct inspiration of the character of Prince Hamlet, the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy ...
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O valiant Amleth, and worthy of immortal fame, who being shrewdly armed with a feint of folly, covered a wisdom too high for human wit under a marvelous ...
Amleth/Hamlet. The story on which Hamlet is based was an ancient one; versions of it are found in Byzantine, Greek, and Roman myth*. The Danish story probably ...
Apr 15, 2022 · The story about the Viking prince Amleth (Amlóği in Old Norse) is one of many that centre on a character's ruthless pursuit of vengeance despite ...
Nov 21, 2017 · Written in the early 13th century and composed in Latin, this ambitious work is intended to relate the heroic, legendary history of the Danes ...
The story of Hamlet originally appeared in an ancient Scandinavian folk tale which was passed down by word of mouth for generations. The first known physical ...
It is sixteen books long and written in Latin (which Shakespeare would have been able to read) and is not considered mythology but the glorious history of ...
As Saxo and his character of Amleth are both indigenously Danish, it was only logical to explore their native literature before accepting any ideas of ...
His legend of Amleth is thought to be the source of William Shakespeare's Hamlet; his Toke, the archer, the prototype of William Tell. Saxo incorporated also ...
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The story follows the life of Amleth, the prince of Denmark, who seeks revenge for the murder of his father by his uncle. Amleth pretends to be mad to avoid ...