Amleth

The hero of a Danish legend that was recorded in the thirteenth century by the chronicler Saxo Grammaticus. Amleth stood model for William Shakespeare's famous tragedy Hamlet.

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Dixon-Kennedy, Mike. (1997). European Myth & Legend. London: Blandford.

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