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For other uses, see Yngling (disambiguation). Yngling may refer to one of the following. ...
 The Yngling Ingjald slaying his kinsmen The Ynglings (Heimskringla), Scylfings (Beowulf and Ynglingatal) or Sons of Frey (Gesta Danorum and Ynglingatal) were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. They are known from early Scandinavian sources, especially Heimskringla, and from Beowulf. They make up a large part of the Mythological kings of Sweden as well as the Semi-legendary kings of Sweden. Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
Ingjald centralizing Sweden Ingjaldr hinn illráði or Ingjald illråde (ill-ruler), ca 640 - ca 650, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Heimskringla is the Old Norse name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ...
This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
Ynglingatal is a poem listing the kings of the House of Ynglings. ...
Freyr is a very important god in Old Norse religion. ...
Bishop Asgar, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857—1945) Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) is a work of Danish history, by 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (Saxo the Grammarian). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark. ...
Ynglingatal is a poem listing the kings of the House of Ynglings. ...
Heimskringla is the Old Norse name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ...
This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
In sources such as Heimskringla and Ynglinga saga there appear early Swedish kings who belong in the domain of mythology, but it is often suggested that they have a historical basis. ...
The semi-legendary kings of Sweden are the long line of Swedish kings who preceded Eric the Victorious, according to sources such as the Norse Sagas, Beowulf, Rimbert, Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus, but who are of disputed historicity, due to the fact that many of them appear in...
The first kings in the line are probably mythical, whereas others have probably existed in real life. Especially, Egil, Ottar, Ale and Adils are mentioned in several sources and are very likely to have been real kings. Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (- ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources. ...
This is about the Swedish king Ohthere. ...
Onela was according to Beowulf a Swedish king during the first half the 6th century. ...
Eadgils was a 6th century king of Sweden who appears in the Old English epic Beowulf. ...
Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and EirÃk (Old Norse Alrekr and EirÃkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...
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In the Scandinavian sources they are the descendants of Yngvi-Frey of Vanaheim. Yngling means descendant of Frey and in Gesta Danorum they are called the sons of Frey. Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. ...
Yngvi, Ingui or Ing appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr, which meant lord. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi, alternatively Yngve, was the progenitor of the Yngling lineage, a legendary dynasty of Swedish kings from whom the earliest historical Norwegian kings in turn claimed to be descended...
Freyr is a very important god in Old Norse religion. ...
In Norse mythology Vanaheim is the home of the Vanir. ...
In Beowulf appear several of these kings Eadgils (Adils), Onela (Ale) and Ohthere (Ottar Vendelkråka), but here they are called Scylfings (see section below). Snorri Sturluson hints at a less divine origin in Skáldskaparmál for this dynasty: One war-king was named Skelfir; and his house is called the House of Skilfings: his kindred is in the Eastern Region (Sweden is the eastern part of Scandinavia and the Swedish kings could be called east kings). This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
Eadgils was a 6th century king of Sweden who appears in the Old English epic Beowulf. ...
Onela was according to Beowulf a Swedish king during the first half the 6th century. ...
This is about the Swedish king Ohthere. ...
Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ...
The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ...
Another origin for the name skilfing is highly possible. Snorri described Erik and Alrik, the sons of Skjalf to be the de facto ancestors of this Norse clan. Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and Eirík (Old Norse Alrekr and Eiríkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...
Agne or Agni Skjafarbonde was king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling. ...
The Scandinavian clan or Ätt was a social group based on common descent or on the formal acceptance into the group at a Ting. ...
- The kings who resided at Upsal had been the supreme chiefs over the whole Swedish dominions until the death of Agne, when, as before related, the kingdom came to be divided between brothers (Alrek and Erik). After that time the dominions and kingly powers were spread among the branches of the family as these increased; but some kings cleared great tracts of forest-land, and settled them, and thereby increased their domains.[1]
Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the royal mounds. ...
Agne or Agni Skjafarbonde was king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling. ...
From Sweden to Norway According to Snorri Sturluson, the dynasty lead the settlement of the Swedish provinces and established themselves as the kings of its provinces, accepting the overlordship of the Swedish king at Uppsala, until the dynasty all but exterminated itself with Ingjald ill-ruler and his downfall. A survivor Olof Trätälja was the ancestor of the Norwegian branch. Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ...
Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′ N 17°38′ E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ...
Ingjald centralizing Sweden Ingjaldr hinn illráði or Ingjald illråde (ill-ruler), ca 640 - ca 650, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Olaf Tree Feller (Old Norse: Ólafr trételgja, Swedish: Olof Trätälja, Norwegian: Olav Tretelgja) was the son of the Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
Remaining in Sweden? However, both Snorri (as in the earlier quote) and Saxo described the clan as remaining in Sweden after this date. Image File history File links Hugo Hamilton, 1830 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Hugo Hamilton, 1830 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Battle of Brávellir or the Battle of Bråvalla was a legendary battle that took place on the Brávellir between Sigurd Ring, king of Sweden and the Geats of West Götaland, and Harald Hildetand, king of Denmark and the Geats of East Götaland. ...
Saxo, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857—1945) Saxo Grammaticus (estimated. ...
Saxo about the Battle of Bråvalla (ca 750): The Battle of Brávellir or the Battle of BrÃ¥valla was a legendary battle that took place on the Brávellir between Sigurd Ring, king of Sweden and the Geats of West Götaland, and Harald Hildetand, king of Denmark and the Geats of East Götaland. ...
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- Now the bravest of the Swedes were these: Arwakki, Keklu-Karl (Kelke-Karl), Krok the Peasant, (from Akr), Gudfast and Gummi from Gislamark. These were kindred of the god Frey, and most faithful witnesses to the gods. Ingi (Yngwe) also, and Oly, Alver, Folki, all sons of Elrik (Alrek), embraced the service of Ring (Sigurd Ring); they were men ready of hand, quick in counsel, and very close friends of Ring. They likewise held the god Frey to be the founder of their race. Amongst these from the town of Sigtun (Old Sigtuna) also came Sigmund, a champion advocate, versed in making contracts of sale and purchase; besides him Frosti surnamed Bowl: allied with him was Alf the Lofty (Proud?) from the district of Upsala (Old Uppsala); this man was a swift spear-thrower, and used to go in the front of the battle.[2]
Moreover, both in Icelandic sources and in Gesta Danorum, king Sigurd Ring would become the ancestor of the houses of Ragnar Lodbrok and would thus be the semi-legendary ancestor of later Swedish and Danish royal houses, see the House of Munsö. Sigurðr hringr, Sigurd Ring (ca 750) was a Swedish king mentioned in sources such as the Heimskringla, Gesta Danorum, Hervarar Saga and Sögubrot af Nokkrum. ...
Fornsigtuna (forn means ancient), Old Sigtun, Sithun, Sign(h)ildsberg or Signesberg is located in the parish of Håtuna ca 4 km west of the modern town of Sigtuna, by lake Mälaren, in Sweden. ...
Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the royal mounds. ...
Sigurðr hringr, Sigurd Ring (ca 750) was a Swedish king mentioned in sources such as the Heimskringla, Gesta Danorum, Hervarar Saga and Sögubrot af Nokkrum. ...
An 1857 painting by August Malmström depicting King Aellas messenger before Ragnar Lodbroks sons. ...
The House of Munsö is the Scandinavian semi-legendary dynasty which is descended from Björn Ironside, one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. ...
Family Tree This is a family tree which is not only based on Historia Norwegiae and Ynglinga saga. It also includes some members who are mentioned in other Old Norse sources (and in Beowulf). The names of Swedish kings are shown in bold. Historia Norvegiæ is a short history of the Norwegian past written by a monk in the second half of the 12th century. ...
The Ynglinga saga was originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. ...
This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
Njord (Nerthus(1)) Fornjot | | | ---------- ---------------------- | | | | ---------- Gymir(2) Logi Kari | | | | Freya Freyr Gerd Frosti | | | Loki Sigyn ---------- ----------- | | | | | ---------- Fjölnir Snær Skjalf | | | | Narfi Sveigder Vana | | | | | | | Night Naglfar ------------ | | | | | | | ------------ Vanlande Drífa | | | | | Auð the Rich -------------- | | | | daughter Visbur Unknown | | | | | | ---------------------- ---------- | | | | ---------------- | | | | | | Gisl Öndur | | Domalde | Ríg | | | | | Danp | | | | | ---------------- | | | | | | Dan Drott Domar | | | | ------------ | | | Dyggve | | | Dag the Wise | | | Agne | | | ------------------------ | -------------------- | | Alrek Erik | | ------------------ Þornbjörg (3) | | Bera Alf Yngvi | | | ------------------ ------------------- | | | | Hugleik Jorund Erik Ingeborg (4) | Aun | --------------------- | | nine sons Egil | --------------------- | | Helgi Áli(5) Ottar | | -------------------- --------------------- | | | | | Yrsa Adils Eanmund(6) | | | | ------------------ ----------------- | | Hrólf Kraki Östen Gauti | | Ingvar Olof of Närke Gautrek | | | ---------------------- Unknown Algaut | | | | | Olof Sigvard Anund -------------- | | Ingjald Gauthild | | ---------------- | Halfdan Guldtand ----------------- | | | Solveig Olof Trätälja Åsa | | ----------------- | Eystein ----------------- | | | Åsa Halfdan Hvitbeinn Ingjald Olofsson | | ----------------- | ----------------- Erik Agnarsson | | | Gudröd Eystein Halfdansson Hild | | ----------------- Dag | | Harald Halfdan the Mild Liv | | | ----------------- ----------------- Alfarin | | | | Gyrd Åsa Gudrød the Hunter Alfhild | | | | ---------------- ----------------- | | Halfdan the Black Olaf Geirstad-Alf | | Harald Fairhair Ragnvald the Mountain-High (1) Germanic goddess often suggested to be the same as Njord's unknown sister with whom he had Frey and Freya. Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir and the god of the fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship and sailing in Norse mythology. ...
Nerthus (also sometimes Hertha) is a Germanic fertility goddess who was mentioned by Tacitus in his work entitled Germania. ...
Fornjót (Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea). ...
This article is about a mythological figure. ...
Fornjót (Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea). ...
Fornjót (Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea). ...
Freya, in an illustration to Wagners operas by Arthur Rackham. ...
This 19th century representation of Freyr shows him with his boar Gullinbursti and his sword. ...
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD, or GORD when -oesophageal, the BE form, is substituted) is injury to the esophagus that develops from chronic exposure of the esophagus to acid coming up from the stomach (reflux). ...
Fornjót (Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea). ...
This picture, from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, shows Loki with his invention - the fishing net. ...
Sigyn was, in Norse mythology, the wife of Loki, who bore him two sons, Narvi and Váli. ...
humouristic image by Albert Engström (1869-1940): Fjölnir, Fjölner or Fjolner was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling, at Gamla Uppsala. ...
Snær (Old Norse) Snærr, East Norse SniÅ, Latin Snio) snow, in Norse mythology seemingly a personification of snow, appearing in extant text as an euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king. ...
Agne or Agni Skjafarbonde was king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling. ...
In Norse mythology, Narfi was the father of Nótt. ...
Sveigder or Swegde was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling in Norse mythology. ...
This article is about the Vána of Tolkiens mythology. ...
Nótt rides her horse in this 19th century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. ...
In Norse mythology, Naglfar was a ship made entirely from the nails of the dead. ...
Vanlade, Vanlande was a Swedish king at Uppsala of the House of Yngling. ...
Vanlade, Vanlande was a Swedish king at Uppsala of the House of Yngling. ...
Auð or Auð the Rich is a character from Norse mythology who is only mentioned by Snorri Sturluson. ...
In Scandinavian mythology, Visbur was a king of the House of Ynglings and the son of Vanlade and Drífa, a daughter of Snær the Old. ...
Domalde was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings, in Norse mythology. ...
RÃg is the name applied to a god described as old and wise, mighty and strong in the eddic poem RÃgthula (Old Norse RÃgþula ) Song of RÃg. He wandered through the world and brought into being (apparently by fathering them) the progenitors of the three...
Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts. ...
Drott, Drótt or Dróttin was a Scandinavian kingly and priestly title corresponding to prince in a wide sense. ...
In Norse mythology, the Swedish king Domar of the House of Ynglings was the son of Domalde. ...
Dygvi, Dyggve or Digne was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Dag the Wise or Dagr Spaka was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Agne or Agni Skjafarbonde was king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling. ...
Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and EirÃk (Old Norse Alrekr and EirÃkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...
Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and EirÃk (Old Norse Alrekr and EirÃkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...
Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar is a Scandinavian legendary saga which was put to text in Iceland in the 13th century. ...
Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. ...
Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. ...
Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. ...
Hugleik or Ochilaik (a namesake of Hygelac) was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling, according to the Ynglinga saga, Ynglingatal and Historia Norwegiae. ...
Jorund or Eorund was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling. ...
Hjalmar proposes to Ingeborg Hjalmar was a Swedish hero who figures in the Hervarar saga and in Orvar-Odds saga. ...
Ane, On, One, Auchun or Aun the Old (Audhun, the same name as the A-S name Edwin) was the son of Jorund and one of the Swedish kings of the House of Yngling, the ancestors of Norways first king, Harald Fairhair. ...
Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (- ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources. ...
Helgi means holy and is an old Nordic name still used in Iceland. ...
Onela, Proto-Norse *Anula, was according to Beowulf a Swedish king during the first half the 6th century. ...
This is about the Swedish king Ohthere. ...
Yrsa learns of her true fathers identity In Scandinavian legendary tradition Yrsa is the illegitimate daughter of Helgi whom Helgi later unwittingly married and on whom he fathered his famous son Hrólf Kraki. ...
Adils pursuing Hrolf Kraki on the Fýrisvellir Eadgils (Beowulf), Adils the Great, or Athisl (Saxo Grammaticus) (all forms are based an older Aðgils, the Anglo-Saxon form is not etymologically identical but it was the only corresponding name used by the Anglo-Saxons) was a Swedish king of...
Eanmund was a Swedish prince of the Scylfing dynasty. ...
Hrólf Kraki (Old Norse), Rolf Kraki or Rolf Krake was a legendary king at Lejre on the isle of Zealand, Denmark, described in several old sagas and other documents such as the Leire chronicle and Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus. ...
Östen or Eystein (d. ...
Gaut, Gauti, Guti, Gothus are name forms based on the same Proto-Germanic root. ...
Ingvar or Yngvar Harra, Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. ...
The Norse sagas relate of a number of kings of Nerike who ruled during the mythological past of Scandinavia. ...
Gautreks saga (Gautreks Saga) is an Old Norse saga written towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts. ...
Algaut was a Geatish king who ruled West Götaland according to the Heimskringla. ...
Anunds mound, a grave associated with Anund. ...
Ingjald centralizing Sweden Ingjaldr hinn illráði or Ingjald illråde (ill-ruler), ca 640 - ca 650, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Olaf Tree Feller (Old Norse: Ólafr trételgja, Swedish: Olof Trätälja, Norwegian: Olav Tretelgja) was the son of the Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
Halfdan Hvitbeinn was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
Ingjald Olofsson was the son of Olof Trätälja and became the king of Wermelandia after his death. ...
Eystein Halfdansson (Old Norse: Eysteinn Hálfdansson) was the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
Halfdan the Mild was the son of king Öystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling and he succeeded his father as king, according to Heimskringla. ...
Gudröd the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðröðr veiðikonung, Modern Icelandic: Guðröður veiðikonung, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge) is a mythological character of thirteenth century Iceland was the son of Halfdan the Mild of the House of Yngling and of Liv Dagsdotter of Vestmar, according to...
Halfdan the Black Gudrødsson (820AD – 860AD) (Old Norse: Hálfdan svarti, Norwegian: Halvdan Svarte) was the father of the first King of Norway Harald I and of the House of Yngling. ...
Olaf Gudrødsson, or as he was named after his death Olaf Geirstad-Alf, was a legendary Norwegian king of the House of Yngling from the Ynglinga saga. ...
Harald I (b. ...
Ragnvald the Mountain-High was a petty king of Westfold in what is today Norway. ...
(2) Gymir is identified with Ægir in accordance with Skáldskaparmál. This article is about a mythological figure. ...
In Norse mythology Ægir is a giant and a king of the sea. ...
The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ...
(3) Erik's only child, the warrior princess Þornbjörg, appears in Gautreks saga and in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar Gautreks saga (Gautreks Saga) is a Scandinavian legendary saga put to text towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts. ...
Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar is a Scandinavian legendary saga which was put to text in Iceland in the 13th century. ...
(4) Ingeborg appears in the Tyrfing Cycle, e.g. Orvar-Odd's saga and Hervarar saga. The Tyrfing Cycle is a collection of legends united by the magic sword Tyrfing. ...
Orvar-Odd (i. ...
Hervarar saga ok Heidhreks is a fornaldarsaga from the 13th century using material from an older saga. ...
(5) Here Áli's inclusion is based on Beowulf, the oldest source. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
(6) Adils' brother who is only mentioned in Beowulf.
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Kings of Sweden This 19th century representation of Freyr shows him with his boar Gullinbursti and his sword. ...
Fjölnir, Fjölner or Fjolner was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling, at Gamla Uppsala. ...
Sveigder or Swegde was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling in Norse mythology. ...
Vanlade, Vanlande was a Swedish king at Uppsala of the House of Yngling. ...
In Scandinavian mythology, Visbur was a king of the House of Ynglings and the son of Vanlade and Drífa, a daughter of Snær the Old. ...
Domalde was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings, in Norse mythology. ...
In Norse mythology, the Swedish king Domar of the House of Ynglings was the son of Domalde. ...
Dygvi, Dyggve or Digne was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Dag the Wise or Dagr Spaka was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Agne or Agni Skjafarbonde was king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling. ...
Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and Eirík (Old Norse Alrekr and Eiríkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...
Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. ...
Jorund or Eorund was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling. ...
Ane, On, One, Auchun or Aun the Old (Audhun, the same name as the A-S name Edwin) was the son of Jorund and one of the Swedish kings of the House of Yngling, the ancestors of Norways first king, Harald Fairhair. ...
Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (- ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources. ...
This is about the Swedish king Ohthere. ...
Eadgils was a 6th century king of Sweden who appears in the Old English epic Beowulf. ...
Östen or Eystein (d. ...
Ingvar or Yngvar Harra, Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. ...
Anunds mound, a grave associated with Anund. ...
Ingjald centralizing Sweden Ingjaldr hinn illráði or Ingjald illråde (ill-ruler), ca 640 - ca 650, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. ...
Intermediary Olaf Tree Feller (Old Norse: Ólafr trételgja, Swedish: Olof Trätälja, Norwegian: Olav Tretelgja) was the son of the Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
Halfdan Hvitbeinn was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
Ingjald Olofsson was the son of Olof Trätälja and became the king of Wermelandia after his death. ...
Eystein Halfdansson (Old Norse: Eysteinn Hálfdansson) was the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ...
Halfdan the Mild was the son of king Öystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling and he succeeded his father as king, according to Heimskringla. ...
Gudröd the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðröðr veiðikonung, Modern Icelandic: Guðröður veiðikonung, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge) was the son of Halfdan the Mild of the House of Yngling and of Liv Dagsdotter of Vestmar, according to Heimskringla, a collection of sagas from thirteenth century...
Halfdan the Black Gudrødsson (820AD – 860AD) (Old Norse: Hálfdan svarti, Norwegian: Halvdan Svarte) was the father of the first King of Norway Harald I and of the House of Yngling. ...
Kings of Norway Harald I (b. ...
The name Scylfing In Old English several kings who are generally identified as Ynglings are called Scylfings. In Old Norse Skilfing (Skilfingr) actually appears as a synonym of Yngling in Ynglingatal, in a line on Egil (Ongentheow). Unfortunately, this occurrence was overlooked in Laing's translation: Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
This is the approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century. ...
Ynglingatal is a poem listing the kings of the House of Ynglings. ...
Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (- ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources. ...
- Ok lofsæll
- ór landi fló
- Týs óttungr
- Tunna ríki,
- en flæming
- farra trjónu
- jötuns eykr
- á Agli rauð.
- Sás of austr
- áðan hafði
- brúna hörg
- of borinn lengi,
- en skíðlauss
- Skilfinga nið
- hœfis hjörr
- til hjarta stóð.[3]
| - The fair-haired son of Odin's race,
- Who fled before fierce Tunne's face,
- Has perished by the demon-beast
- Who roams the forests of the East.
- The hero's breast met the full brunt
- Of the wild bull's shaggy front;
- The hero's heart's asunder torn
- By the fell Jotun's spear-like horn."(Laing's translation [4])
| | Likewise in the Skáldskaparmál the Scylfings are described as an eastern family and East King was a conventional kenning for Swedish king. The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ...
In literature, a kenning is a compound poetic phrase, a figure of speech, substituted for the usual name of a person or thing. ...
However, in the Ættartolur, (the genealogies attached to Hversu Noregr byggdist), the Skilfings are of Norwegian origin and include a family identified as Skjöldungs. In the eddic poem Grímnismál (stanza 55), Skilfing appears as one of Odin's names, the information there also appearing in the Gylfaginning.. Hversu Noregr byggdist (Old Norse Hversu Noregr byggðist) meaning How Norway was inhabited, which survives only in the Flatey Book, is a account of the origin of various legendary Norwegian lineages. ...
Old English Scylding (plural Scyldingas) and Old Norse Skjöldung (plural Skjöldungar), meaning in both languages Shielding, refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes and sometimes to their people. ...
For other meanings of Odin, Woden or Wotan see Odin (disambiguation), Woden (disambiguation), Wotan (disambiguation). ...
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Beowulf In the Old English poem Beowulf, the word Scylfing occurs twice in the singular and twice in the plural. For alliterative purposes the name could be extended, such as the form Heathoscylfing 'Battle-Scylfing', which occurs once in the singular and twice in the plural. A Scylfing whose name is partly missing but ends in -ela married the sister of Hrothgar and Halga. Specifically identified as Scylfings are Ongentheow, king of Sweden, and by extension his subject Wiglaf son of Weohstan. Wiglaf and Weohstan belonged to the family of the Wægmundings to which Beowulf and his father Ecgtheow also belonged. Another extended form is helm Scylfinga 'Scylfings'-helmet' and it is used to refer to Ongentheow's son Onela. Hroðgar (Hrothgar, Hróar, Ro), legendary Danish king. ...
Helgi means holy and is an old Nordic name still used in Iceland. ...
Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (- ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources. ...
Wiglaf is a young well-regarded Swedish warrior of the Waegmunding clan, in Beowulf. ...
Weohstan is a Swedish champion in Beowulf, and he is the father of Wiglaf. ...
The Wægmundings were a prominent probably Swedish clan (an ätt, see Norse clans) in Beowulf. ...
Beowulf is the hero of the Anglo-Saxon poem titled after him (see Beowulf). ...
Ecgþeow was a warrior in Beowulf in the service of the Geats. ...
Onela was according to Beowulf a Swedish king during the first half the 6th century. ...
In Norse tradition
From the Hyndluljód The eddic poem Hyndluljód, in stanza 16 speaks of descendants of an ancient king named Halfdan the Old: Halfdan the Old (Old Norse Hálfdanr gamli and Hálfdanr inn gamli) was an ancient, legendary king from whom descended many of the most notable lineages of legend. ...
Hence come the Skjöldungs, hence the Skilfings,
Hence the Ödlings [Ǫðlingar], hence the Ynglings, ... Old English Scylding (plural Scyldingas) and Old Norse Skjöldung (plural Skjöldungar), meaning in both languages Shielding, refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes and sometimes to their people. ...
Skilfings are at least partially differentiated from Ynglings.
From the Skáldskaparmál In the Skáldskaparmál, Snorri Sturluson speaks of the second group of nine sons of Halfdan the Old from whom many families of legend descend, one of these sons being Yngvi, purported ancestor of the Yngling lineage. But neither Skylfings or Skjöldungs are specifically derived from these sons. Snorri continues with examples of famous descendants of three of those lineages, followed by: "Of the house of the Ylfings was Eirík the Eloquent (Eiríkr inn málspaki)." But Ylfings have not been previously mentioned. Then follows the names of four ancestors of four lineages not descended from Halfdan which include Yngvi and the Ynglings a second time. There is obvious confusion or corruption in this passage or its source. The fourth lineage is identified: The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ...
Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ...
Yngvi, Ingui or Ing appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr, which meant lord. In Scandinavian mythology, Yngvi, alternatively Yngve, was the progenitor of the Yngling lineage, a legendary dynasty of Swedish kings from whom the earliest historical Norwegian kings in turn claimed to be descended...
The Wulfings, Wylfings or Ylfings were a prominent family/clan in Beowulf, Widsith and the Norse sagas. ...
One war-king was named Skelfir; and his house is called the House of Skilfings: his kindred is in the Eastern Region. A connection with the east might mean a connection to Sweden, but the vagueness of expression suggests Snorri knows no more about these Skilfings than he has written.
Snorri also gives Skilfing as a kenning for "king" and it appears as a kenning for "sword" in the thulur found in some versions of the Skáldkskaparmál.
From the Ættartolur The Ættartolur connected to Hversu Noregr byggdist are a longer variant of the genealogical passages in the Skáldskaparmál, also speaking of Halfdan the Old and lineages descended from him and of other notable lineages, but in much greater detail. In this list of the sons of Halfdan, Yngvi the ancester of the Ynglings is missing and Skelfir the ancestor of the Skilfings appears in his place. This might be a remembrance of an earlier identity or connection of the Swedish Ynglings and the Swedish Scylfings in Beowulf. But nothing in the following genealogy is necessarily Swedish though possible Swedish parallels do appear, particular the names Alrek and Eirík as discussed below.
There are many oddities in this account.
It claims Skelfir was king of Vörs (Vǫrs), modern Voss in northern Hordaland in southwestern Norway, but Halfdan's inheritance was in southeastern Norway. County Hordaland District Municipality NO-1235 Administrative centre Vossevangen Mayor (2003) Bjørn Christensen (Ap) Official language form Nynorsk Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 38 1,806 km² 1,732 km² 0. ...
Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. ...
Skelfir was the father of Skjöld (Skjǫldr). The account ends by saying that lineage of Skelfir was called the Skilfing lineage or the Skjöldung lineage, seemingly identifying the two. But Skjöldungs are normally the legendary royal family of the rulers of Denmark and no connection with Denmark is made here. Indeed the Ættartolur later twice gives a quite different list of descendants of the Danish Skjöld who is there made a son of Odin as commonly in Norse texts. Skjöld as son of Skelfir might be related to English traditions of Scyld being a son or descendant of Sceaf (as discussed under Sceaf), though here too (at least in Beowulf) the connection is to Danish matters, not to Norway. In Norse mythology, King Skjöld was the son of Sceaf and the husband of Gefyon. ...
In English heroic legend, Sceaf or Scef (Old English for sheaf) appears as an ancient legendary king who appeared mysteriously as a child, coming out of the sea in an empty boat. ...
This Norwegian Skjöld, ancestor of the Norwegian Skjöldungs, is father of Eirík, father of Alrek (Alrekr), father of Eirík the Eloquent, whom the Skáldskaparmál presented as an Ylfing. These two mentions are the only occurrences of Eirík the Eloquent in Norse texts. But what seems to be the same figure appears prominently in book 5 of Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum as Ericus disertus. This Ericus disertus is indeed a Norwegian, but his father is not named Alrek but rather Regnerus pugilex, that is Ragnar the Champion. The Gesta Danorum then somewhat forcibly identifies Ericus disertus with Eirík, a legendary king of Sweden, a king who in the Ynglinga saga and elsewhere has an elder brother (rather than a father) named Alrek. See Alrek and Eirík for details. Saxo, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857 – 1945) Saxo Grammaticus (estimated. ...
Bishop Asgar, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857—1945) Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) is a work of Danish history, by 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (Saxo the Grammarian). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark. ...
Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and EirÃk (Old Norse Alrekr and EirÃkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...
In the Ynglinga saga the mother of the Swedish kings Alrek and Eirík is named Skjálf, which might also be an eponym for Skilfing. Agne or Agni Skjafarbonde was king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling. ...
Returning to the Ættartolur, there Eirík the Eloquent is father of Alrek, father of Víkar (Víkarr), father of Vatnar. This Víkar is the famous Víkar, king of Hördaland, who was sacrificed to Odin by Starkad. The chain of descent from Alrek to Víkar to Vatnar is also found in Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka ('The saga of Hálf and his heroes'). However Gautreks saga gives an entirely different ancestry and different descendants to Víkar. See Víkar for details. Starkad, Starkotter, Starkodder, Starkadhr (ice. ...
Gautreks saga (Gautreks Saga) is a Scandinavian legendary saga put to text towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts. ...
VÃkar (Old Norse nominative case form VÃkarr; Latin Wicarus) was a legendary Norwegian king who found himself and his ships becalmed for a long period. ...
This genealogy may have been based on attempts to ascribe a Norwegian origin to both Swedish Scylfings and Danish Skjöldungs and also be related to Saxo's account of the Norwegian Ericus desertus. If so, as it stands, it has been edited to remove material that would obviously conflict with the standard genealogies of the Skjöldungs and Ynglings which also appear in the Ættartolur.
Variant spellings Other anglicized spellings: Eirík: Eirik ; Eirík the Eloquent: Eirik the Eloquent, Eiríkr the Wise in Speech ; Halfdan the Old: Hálfdan the Old ; Skjöld: Skjold, Skiold, Scyld ; Starkad: Starkath ; Víkar: Vikar ; Vörs: Vor.
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