THE VARANGIANS (This Series Has Been Retired)
GO TO THE VARANGIANS / UKRAINIANS Book Series Above For Updated SAGAS
This Book Series Has Been Retired Due To The Illegal and Dispicable Russian Attack Upon Ukraine
All References to Rus’ Have Been Changed to Hraes’ to Show The Original Proper Source And Spelling
This Has Been Done to Ensure All Know That Ukraine Founded Hraes’, not Russia
Hraes’ (Rus’) Was Founded by Danes and Slavs 400 Years Before Muscovite Rus’ Even Existed
(THE NOT SO LYING SAGAS OF DENMARK)
Prince Helgi (Oleg) of Kiev was Arrow Odd of Berurjod. Both heroes historically share a common prophecy: a poisonous snake shall strike them dead ‘neath the skull of Faxi. They share the prophecy because they are the same historical person. Prince Helgi was a Viking and a Varangian (Eastern Viking) who died from the bite of a blood-snake (sword) beneath the skull of his longship, Fair Faxi. His Norse name was Helgi ‘Arrow Odd’ Hraerikson and his Slav name was Prince Oleg of Kiev, son or relative of Prince Rurik of Novgorod. Below is a Table of Contents of his book and Drop Down Menus for the First Draft Chapters of his story. Please feel free to give the book a read and perhaps comments through this website. During this time of Pandemic it is a living document and future drafts will respect valid critiques.
THE VARANGIANS
BOOK TWO
“THE SAGA OF HELGI ‘ARROW ODD’ HRAERIKSON”
A Novel By
Brian Howard Seibert
© Copyright by Brian Howard Seibert
Kelowna, B.C.
2018
Note: This website is about Vikings and Varangians and the way they lived over a thousand years ago. The content is as explicit as Vikings of that time were and scenes of violence and sexuality are depicted without reservation or apology. Reader discretion is advised.
THE SAGA OF HELGI ‘ARROW ODD’ HRAERIKSON
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 0.1 : Baby Helgi – Born in a War Zone (c. 839) Page 5
Chapter 1 : Grim Hairy-Cheek Ketilson (c. 840) Page 20
Chapter 2 : The Sack of Paris of 845 Page 24
Chapter 3 : The Prophecy (c. 852) Page 32
Chapter 4 : The Varangers of Seville (c. 855) Page 37
Chapter 5 : Oddi and the Nor’Way (c. 856) Page 45
Chapter 6 : Hilder the Giant (c. 858) Page 61
Chapter 7 : The Siege of Constantinople of 860 Page 71
Chapter 8 : The Siege of Kiev (c. 861) Page 81
Chapter 9 : Halfdan’s Gift (c. 861) Page 88
Chapter 10: Soti’s Gift (c. 861) Page 92
Chapter 11: Hjalmar the Brave (c. 861) Page 97
Chapter 12: The Calling Back of the Hraes’ (c. 862) Page 101
Chapter 13: Five Easy Berserks (c. 862) Page 107
Chapter 14: The Death of Hraegunar Lothbrok (c. 863) Page 110
Chapter 15: Princess Olvor’s Scale-Mail Shirt (c. 864) Page 113
Chapter 16: Holmganger on Samsey (c. 865) Page 129
Chapter 17: The Hraes’ Attack on Angleland (c. 866) Page 141
Chapter 18: Warlock Songs (c. 866) Page 156
Chapter 19: New Ireland, New Scotland, New Angleland (c. 866) Page 168
Chapter 20: Valley of the Mound Builders (c. 867) Page 175
Chapter 21: Vignir (c. 868) Page 177
Chapter 22: Tale of Two Cities (c. 869) Page 184
Chapter 23: The Cataphracts of Rouen (c. 870) Page 191
Chapter 24: Geirrod the Giant and Ogmund (c. 875) Page 193
Chapter 25: The Sons of Gardariki (c. 880) Page 202
Chapter 26: The Barkman (c. 884) Page 203
Chapter 27: The Siege of Paris of 885 Page 233
Chapter 28: Have Sword – Will Travel (c. 886) Page 237
Chapter 29: King Alf (c. 887) Page 253
Chapter 30: The Second Siege of Kiev (c. 888) Page 263
Chapter 31: Confrontation with the Caliphate (c. 889) Page 267
Chapter 32: Reconquering the Southern Way (c. 890) Page 270
Chapter 33: The Birth of Ivar the Boneless (c. 896) Page 277
Chapter 34: The Siege of Constantinople of 907 Page 290
Chapter 35: The Roman Treaty of 911 Page 299
Chapter 36: The Prophecy of Arrow Odd, Part One (c. 911) Page 309
Chapter 37: The Prophecy of Arrow Odd, Part Two (c. 912) Page 312
Appendix A : Glossary of Terms Page 351
Appendix B : Map of Eastern Europe of the Ninth Century Page 357
© Copyright by Brian Howard Seibert
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No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information or storage retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.
The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to the following works, upon which he has based much of his research and a great deal of his writing:
Saxo Grammaticus. The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus. Denmark, c.1200. As translated by Oliver Elton, B.A. London, 1893, with consideration toward the translation by Peter Fisher. Cambridge, 1979.
Author unknown. The Saga of Arrow-Odd. Iceland, c.1200. As translated by Gavin Chappell. Thor’s Stone Press. 2014.
Authors unknown. The Hrafnista Sagas (The Saga of Arrow-Odd). Iceland, c.1200. As translated by Ben Wagonner. Lulu.com, 2012.
Author unknown. The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise (Hervor’s Saga). Iceland, c.1200. As translated by Christopher Tolkien. Oxford, 1960.
Vernadsky, George. The Origins of Russia. Oxford, 1959.
Pritsak, Omeljan. The Origin of Rus’. Cambridge, Mass., 1981.
Davidson, H.R. Ellis. The Viking Road to Byzantium. London, 1976.
Dunlop, D.M. The History of the Jewish Khazars. New York, 1967.
Author unknown. Gautrek’s Saga. Iceland, c.1200. Translated by Hermann Palsson and Paul Edwards. Middlesex, 1976.
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