Kong Hadings Kamp med Havuhyret, Louis Moe, 1898

Kong hadings kamp med havuhyret. The scene is described in gesta danorum in the following way: "hadding was conquered and fled to helsingland, where, while washing in the cold sea-water his body which was scorched with heat, he attacked and cut down with many blows a beast of unknown kind, and having killed it had it carried into camp. " elton's translation. Date: 1898.