KHK-DG-26-27

Pg. 72

“Everyone, said Hjalti, can be fooled by scheming.”

This is a forshadow of King Hjorvar and Skuld’s attack on Hrolf and his champions. Skuld approaches as a caring sister and comes to Hrolf under false pretenses of paying tribute to King Hrolf in one lump sum instead of over three years. She had been planning to overtake him through magic.

Pg. 78

“And events turned out as expected….you had no knowledge of your Creator.”

The theme of Christianity plays into the picture. There was no way King Hrolf would have been able to fight against Skuld’s witchcraft without believing in God. King Hrolf and the champions believed in the old gods and not in Christianity, which led them to their deaths.