OGIER THE DANE

ōˈjēər, ōzhyāˈ, in the chansons de geste, a paladin of Charlemagne. Although his military feats save emperor and kingdom, he is for a time at odds with Charlemagne. In some versions Morgan le Fay takes him to Avalon, from where he returns after 200 years to save France. As Holger, or Olger, Danske he is a popular Danish hero.

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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Legends of Charlemagne
Book by Thomas Bulfinch; Grosset & Dunlap, 1913
Subjects: Chivalry, Folklore, Mythology
...resembles the portrait of my grand-uncle, Ogier the Dane.""Ah! my dear nephew, I am Ogier the Dane," said he; and he remembered that...then reigned, the great Hugh Capet. The brave Ogier entered the palace without hesitation; but...
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The Realm of Prester John
Book by Robert Silverberg; Ohio University Press, 1972
Subjects: Geography, Medieval, Prester John (Legendary Character)
...chronicle, Myreur des Histors . Ogier, a figure out of the Charlemagne...at all. Passing into myth as Ogier the Dane, Autcher became one of Charlemagnes famed Twelve Paladins; the Danes themselves revere him as their...Danske. According to one of the Ogier legends, he left Charlemagnes...
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Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Book by Robert Thomas Lambdin, Laura Cooner Lambdin; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Literature, Medieval--Encyclopedias
...2 (1993), 133-80. Robert T. Lambdin OGIER THE DANE. One of *Charlemagne's paladins, Ogier is a hero of French medieval *romances...enemies, but later an ally. Traditionally, Ogier was a captive of Charlemagne's court, held...
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European Balladry
Book by William J. Entwistle; Clarendon Press, 1939
Subjects: Ballads--History And Criticism
...as the hero of Tord af Havsgaard. Ogier the Dane fought the giant Brunehaut to win...friend the Saracen Karaheu. How Ogier came to be in the Saracen camp and Karaheu in the Christian, why Ogier should fight for Karaheu on this...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...her witch-like attributes. In the romance of OGIER THE DANE , Morgan le Fay receives Ogier in the Isle of Avalon when he is over one hundred...The form taken by the name MORGAN LE FAY in Ogier the Dane . Morier, James Justinian 1780?-1849...
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journal articles on: Ogier the Dane  - 4 results

 
 
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Ten Journeys to the Venusberg: Morris' Drafts for "The Hill of Venus"
Journal article by Florence S. Boos; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 39, 2001
Subjects: English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age), English poetry--Authorship, Morris, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Hill of Venus (Poem)--Authorship, Venus (Mythological figure)--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...plausible conclusion for the first volume, in the place later occupied by the much longer and more searching tale of "Ogier the Dane." Later Drafts Morris remained fond of his tales states of "regretful longing," but seems to have seen that he...
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Questioning the Canon? Defending the Canon.? Reflections on Parisian Classicism and American Diversity
Journal article by William C. Calin; Romance Quarterly, Vol. 41, 1994
Subjects: Romance Philology
...myths comparable to and different from the myths of Antiquity: The Christians vs. the Saracens, Roland and Oliver, Ogier the Dane, the Four Sons of Aymon and their horse Bayard, Huon de Bordeaux and Auberon King of the Fairies; courtly love...
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"Spasm" and Class: W. E. Aytoun, George Gilfillan, Sydney Dobell, and Alexander Smith
Journal article by Florence S. Boos; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 42, 2004
Subjects: Aytoun, William Edmonstoune--Works, Gilfillan, George--Works, Poets--Works, Smith, Alexander--Works
...reunited lovers contemplate the heavens and dedicate themselves to a higher shared purpose. (51) For example, "Ogier the Dane," and "The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon." (52) Page number references are to The Poetical Works...
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The Pre-Raphaelites
Journal article by Florence S. Boos; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 40, 2002
Subjects: Criticism, Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Preraphaelites--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rossetti, Christina--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rossetti, Dante Gabriel--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...reconfigurations of such characters as Rhodope, Bharam, Bellerophon, Guorun/Gudrun, Bollu/Bodli, Holger Dansker/Ogier the Dane, and the multivalent hero of "The Hill of Venus." Morris visible struggle in later tales to reinterpret religious...


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Bogie's Set for Glory; Update
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 22, 2011
...advantage but were not taking anything for granted." Sebastien Ogier won the German Rally yesterday, bringing an end to Sebastien...after a 11-9 9-11 3-11 4-11 defeat to home favourite Dane Sharp. Scotland were beaten 2-1 by Group G favourites Canada...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ogier the Dane  - 1 result

 
 
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Ogier the Dane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OGIER THE DANE o je r, ozhya , in the chansons de geste , a paladin of Charlemagne. Although his military feats save emperor and kingdom, he...


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