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King Hacon’s Death, and Bran and the Black Dog: Two Ballads 

King Hacon’s Death and Bran and the Black Dog are two ballads about the king of Norway from 934 to 961 AD and an odd stranger with a black dog with impressive hunting skills. Excerpt: ‚Then said the King as he leaned upon His trusty faulchion’s hilt of gold: ‚I’m here in the dark, is there any clerk Or layman here can this thing unfold?‘