What is the Old Icelandic name of the jutish chieftain on whom Hamlet was based?
Hamlet's Grave There are two sites in Denmark presented as Hamlet's Grave ("Hamlets Grav"), the burial site of Amleth ("Amlethus, Amlodi, Amblett"), the Jutish chieftain of historical legend on whom Hamlet, the hero of Shakespeare's tragedy was based; one is in the grounds of Marienlyst Castle in Helsingør, the other is a Bronze Age tumulus in Ammelhede, Randers Municipality, Jutland.
Hagen (legend) Hagen (German form) or Högni ("Old Norse" Hǫgni, often anglicized as Hogni) is a Burgundian warrior in tales about the Burgundian kingdom at Worms. Hagen is often identified as a brother or half-brother of King Gunther (Old Norse "Gunnarr"). In the "Nibelungenlied" he is nicknamed "from Tronje".