Hrothgar

Hrothgar (Old English: Hroðgar; Old Norse: Hróarr) was a legendary Danish king, living in the early 6th century.

Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics Beowulf and Widsith, the video game Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and also in Norse sagas, Norse poems, and medieval Danish chronicles. In both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition, Hrothgar is a Scylding, the son of Healfdene, the brother of Halga, and the uncle of Hroðulf. Moreover, in both traditions, the mentioned characters were the contemporaries of the Swedish king Eadgils; and both traditions also mention a feud with men named Froda and Ingeld. The consensus view is that Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian traditions describe the same person.