Alf and Alfhild

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In Gesta Danorum (book 7)[1], King Alf, the son of Sigar, was the suitor of Alfhild, who was guarded by two dragons which decapitated unwary suitors and impaled their heads on poles. Alf defeated the dragons, but Alfhild, advised by her mother, fled dressed as a man and became a warrior. Alf and his servant Borgar searched for and eventually found her in the company of a troop of female warriors, and Alf defeated her in combat, knocking off her helmet, after which she became Alf's wife.[2]

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  1. ^ Gesta Danorum, book 7.
  2. ^ http://www.northvegr.org/lore/rydberg/028.php
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