> Just to chip in, Harald Hårdråde Sigurdson and Olav Tryggvason are
not really considered "heroes", not in Norway at least. They were
warrior kings, who ruled with force, fighting others who would like to
do the same. Or you could maybe view them as heroes, but that would
depend what kind of definition you have of a hero.
Harald Hardrade and Olav Tryggvason not heroes? In the Heimskringla
they pretty much define heroic kingship. Poor Poul Anderson.....
Jeff