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[[Image:Saga of Hrólfr Kraki.jpg|thumb|Art inspired by the ''Saga of Hrólfr Kraki'']]
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'''''Sellic Spell''''' is an unpublished short story by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse ''[[Hrólfs saga kraka]]''. The manuscript is held by the [[Bodleian Library]].<ref name=MB>{{HM|MB}}, pp. 256-60, 281-2 (note 8)</ref>
'''''Sellic Spell''''' is an unpublished short story by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse ''[[Hrólfs saga kraka]]''. The manuscript is held by the [[Bodleian Library]].<ref name=MB>{{HM|MB}}, pp. 256-60, 281-2 (note 8)</ref>
The saga is commonly held by Tolkien scholars to be the main source for the idea behind the character [[Beorn]].<ref name=RME73>[[Tom Shippey]], ''[[The Road to Middle-earth]]'' (second edition), pp. 73-4</ref><ref name=MB/><ref name=AH164>{{HM|AH}}, pp. 164-5</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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Art inspired by the Saga of Hrólfr Kraki

Sellic Spell is an unpublished short story by J.R.R. Tolkien, re-creating the (lost) folk-tale underlying the Norse Hrólfs saga kraka. The manuscript is held by the Bodleian Library.[1]

See also

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