Re: Krak and his dragon

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> > According to the oldest recorded version of the tale (Master
> Vincent 1202), Krak (Vincent uses the Latinised version Gracchus)

was

> the first known ruler of the Lekhites (Proto-Poles). He was elected
> king upon his return from a successful campaign in Carinthia. He
> codified law, issued wise edicts, and his rule was in general a
> prosperous one.
> >
> Strangely enough there is a Skjoldung king Rolf Krake of Lejre in
> Saxo's Gesta Danorum. Saxo's story connects that name with O. Da.
> kraki - a de-leafed tree, since that's what he is suposed to have
> looked like.
>
> Torsten

But this guy

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&selm=cea20-
ya02408000R2501990120540001%40nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk

maintains that Hrólfr Kraki was actually a Herulian named Rodulf,
that he appears in many guises in many sources, and that he lived in
southeastern Europe. Geographically we're getting closer now. Is it
possible after all to mesh in the Polish story into this web of
stories?

Torsten