Halga

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Halga is a legendary Danish prince from the Old English epic Beowulf, known as one of the Scylding royal brothers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scylding
character in Beowulf
legendary figure
mythological prince
ancestor Scyld Scefing NERFINISHED
appearsIn Beowulf NERFINISHED
Chronicon Lethrense NERFINISHED
Gesta Danorum NERFINISHED
Skjöldunga saga NERFINISHED
country Denmark
culture Danish
deathStatus died
ethnicGroup Danes NERFINISHED
father Healfdene NERFINISHED
gender male
genreOfSources epic poetry
legendary saga
medieval chronicle
grandfather Beow NERFINISHED
hasTheme kinship and dynastic succession
influenceOn later Scandinavian royal legends
languageOfAttestation Old English
literaryStatus legendary rather than historical
mentionedIn Old English epic poetry
nameVariant Halga the Good NERFINISHED
Helgi NERFINISHED
notableFor association with the Danish royal line in Germanic legend
being one of the Scylding royal brothers in Beowulf
position Danish prince
possibleFatherOf Hrothulf NERFINISHED
relatedWork Hrolf Kraki legends NERFINISHED
relative Beow NERFINISHED
Healfdene NERFINISHED
Heorogar NERFINISHED
Hrothgar NERFINISHED
Hrothulf NERFINISHED
Scyld Scefing NERFINISHED
roleInLiterature member of the Scylding royal family
royalHouse Scylding dynasty NERFINISHED
sibling Heorogar NERFINISHED
Hrothgar NERFINISHED
sourceTradition Anglo-Saxon literature
Norse literature
timePeriod legendary pre-Viking Age

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Hrothgar brother Halga