Re: Krak and his dragon

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 10167
Date: 2001-10-12

He doesn't actually say so. He only speaks about the story of Rodulf
the Herulian having been absorbed into the Danish tradition and
applied to Hrólfr Kraki of Denmark. Kraki may mean 'thin pole', but
not 'thin Pole'. Nevertheless, it's interesting to note that such a
nickname (*krako:(n) is attested in Germanic. Maybe our legendary
Krak was a Vandalic leader (his daughter's name was Wanda).

Piotr


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

> 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