caused the trouble in Denmark, while it was a mountain-troll that caused
the trouble in Norway, he thought was as characteristic as anything
could be.[4]

Gregor Sarrazin would identify Bjarki with Beowulf. He calls
attention to striking similarities between the stories about the two men
and attempts to identify the word "Bọðvar," etymologically, with the
word "Beowulf." The translator, as he calls the author of _Beowulf_,
may, through misconception, have regarded "var," the second part of the
name "Bọðvar," as "vargr" and translated it faithfully into AS. "wulf."
This, combined with other changes, which he discusses and illustrates,
that might have taken place in the name in its passage from very early
Danish to Anglo-Saxon, could have caused the Scandinavian name "Bọðvar"
to be rendered "Bēowulf" in Anglo-Saxon.[5]

Sophus Bugge thought that saga-characteristics earlier ascribed to
Beowulf had been transferred, in Danish tradition, to Bjarki. The story
of Bjarki's fight with the winged monster he regarded as acquired from
contact with the story of Beowulf's fight with the dragon. He showed
that the words "Bọðvar" and "Bēowulf" are not etymologically related,
but that "Bọðvar" is the genitive of "bọð," meaning "battle," so that
"Bọðvar Bjarki" means "Battle Bjarki." He called attention to the fact
that Saxo regarded Bothvar's real name as Bjarki (Lat. Biarco), that the
_Bjarkamál_ was called after that name, and, furthermore, that Saxo
ascribed to Bjarki the words "belligeri cepi cognomen".[6]

Sarrazin regards the story of Bjarki's journey from Sweden to Denmark
and subsequent exploit there, with which he identifies the corresponding
journey and exploit of Beowulf, as an embodiment of the Balder and Frey
cult. He thinks it may be interpreted as the southward journey of the