Hagbard

"As a son of the True Church, I can tell you, George, that Hagbard is giving a Catholic blessing."

PETA Needs A Hobby archmage 2006

What I find hilarious is that the Wikipedia article suggests that this book influenced The DaVinci Code (as a conspiracy novel) - perhaps I missed Hagbard or fnord in Dan Brown's pop-culture craze?

Are There Any SF/F Books You Could Not Finish? 2007

Maybe the beings from Sirius took you away, in the end, or maybe you're on a huge gold submarine with Hagbard, or maybe, just maybe, They finally silenced you.

23 Skidoo, Mr. Wilson archmage 2007

Hunding, Alf and Eyolf, Herward and Hagbard, and wins there a great victory.

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

Brynhild says, “The sons of Haki, and Hagbard withal; they brought to pass many a deed of fame in the warfare.”

The Story of the Volsungs 2008

Hagbard roared with laughter and slapped Joe on the knee.

PETA Needs A Hobby archmage 2006

Those two better be George Dorn and Joe Malik ... and Hagbard Celine damn well BETTER show up in the movie.

Waiting... caliban 2002

Saxo Grammaticus (Book vii.) tells the story of a Signy, daughter of Sigar, whose lover Hagbard, after slaying her brothers, wins her favour.

The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 L. Winifred Faraday

On the other hand, a reference in _Völsunga Saga_, that "Haki and Hagbard were great and famous men, yet Sigar carried off their sister, ... and they were slow to vengeance," shows that there is confusion somewhere.

The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 L. Winifred Faraday

Thus the alliance of the young men was broken through; and while Hagbard was far away, the sons of Sigar, Alf and Alger, made an attack, and Helwin and Hamund were destroyed by the harbour which is called Hamund's Bay.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo