Hamlet (Legendary character) (Topical Term)

Jenkins, H. Hamlet, 1982: p. 85 (The first connected account of the hero whom later ages know as Hamlet is that of Saxo, called Grammaticus, in his Historiae Danicae, written at the end of the 12th century. That some of the legends upon which Saxo drew were current ages before his time is evident from some lines of the 9th century poet Snaebjorn, preserved by Snorri Sturiason in his so-called Prose Edda. Saxo tells of Amleth who, fearful for his own safety, takes refuge in a pretence of imbecility.)

Drabble, M. The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 1998: p. 430 (Shakespeare's chief nondramatic source [for Hamlet] was Saxo Grammaticus's narrative in his Historiae Danicae)

Rossel, S.H. A History of Danish Literature, 1992: p. 11 (The life work of Saxo Grammaticus, "Historiae Danicae", contains the story of Amleth, the source of Shakespeare's Hamlet.)