He appears in different temporal settings, and he could represent different kings named gautrekr, as the name simply means geatish ruler. Pdf blood of my blood incest, parricide and family strifes in. It was first translated into english and published in 1844. Ynglinga saga ynglingesagaen is a legendary saga, originally written in old norse by the icelandic poet snorri sturluson about 1225. It was first translated into english and published in 1844 by samuel laing snorri sturluson based his work on an earlier ynglingatal which is attributed to the norwegian 9th century skald. Snorris work covers the history of the norwegian kings from the mythical prehistoric age until 1177, with the death of the pretender eystein meyla.
It is thus most unlikely that snorre was the author of the ynglinga saga. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Ynglinga saga is the first part of snorris history of the ancient norse kings, the heimskringla. Ynglinga saga is a legendary saga, originally written in old norse by the icelandic poet and. Heimskringla introduction the ynglinga saga halfdan the black saga harald harfagers saga hakon the goods saga saga of king harald grafeld and of earl hakon son of sigurd king olaf trygvasons saga. The most succinct definitionfor both the contemporary reader and the medieval. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Paradox is a swedish company which makes excellent strategy games, and ive been playing them online against other humans for some years now. He was married about 236 in denmark to frigg frigida frea friege frea, they had 6 children. Snorri sturluson also spelled snorre sturlason was an icelandic historian, poet and politician. Individual saga texts can be downloaded on their respective pages. The language of birds in old norse tradition skemman. Kringla heimsins, su er mannfolkit byggir, er mjok vagskorin.
I am king of men, a user name i chose lo these many years ago when i first joined the paradox forums. There is a long account of this battle in the skjoldunga saga, and also about rolf krakes coming to adils, and sowing gold upon the fyrisvold. Heimskringla, which means circle of the world, is a history of the norwegian kings, beginning in legendary times and ending in 1177 during the reign of magnus erlingson. A collection of genealogical profiles related to ynglingasaga revisited. It was written in old norse in iceland by the poet and historian snorri sturluson 1178791241 ca.
Scroll below to start reading v to learn swedish by reading fascinating literature, check out our interlinear translations on our website. Ynglinga saga in the oxford dictionary of the middle ages. Snorri quotes frequently from this poem and cites it as one of the sources of the saga. It is known that a sea stretches from norvasundi to jorsalaland, and frolti the sea there goes towards the northeast a bight which is called the black sea. Heimskringla or the chronicle of the kings of norway index. I had read this book prior to my very first visit to norway, hence my visit to the viking ship museum was more meaningfulto think the span of centuries in a book was right beneath my. Chapter i the ynglinga saga or the story of the yngling family from odin to halfdan the black subcontents. He was married to jord, they gave birth to 1 child. It is distinguished by snorris classical objectivity, realistic psychology, and historically feasible if not always accurate depiction of cause. Snorri sturluson based his work on an earlier ynglingatal which is attributed to the norwegian 9th century skald jlfr of hvinir, and high quality. Ynglinga saga and the death of the wise kings dear sparrow. The material is of tremendous importance and even later sagas in the series have proven important in folklore studies. Join geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the worlds largest family tree.
The old norse reader immerses the learner in old norse and icelandic sagas, eddas, and myths. It is said that the earths circle which the human race inhabits is torn across into many bights, so that great seas run into the land from the outocean. Ynglinga saga project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Snorris account begins with a mythological account of the gods euhemerized as in edda in the ynglinga saga, and then goes through the history of the kings of norway starting with harald fairhair. As their main source of transportation and livelihood, it played a large part in their lives.
Ynglingatal is a skaldic poem cited by snorri sturluson in the ynglinga saga, the first saga of snorris heimskringla. Ynglinga saga and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Markupformatted files are xhtml strict, while plain text files are utf8 encoded. The vikings of scandinavia lived in a culture dominated by the sea. He died in logrinn, gamlasigtun, now lake malar, sigtuna, upsala, sweden. The composition of the poem has variously been dated between the late 9th and the early 12th century. The river divides sweden the great, a concession to the viking point of view. He was called mountainhigh, and thjodolf of hvina composed for him the ynglinga tal. Its where your interests connect you with your people. The essay mainly focuses on ynglinga saga but intends to open the. Heimskringlaynglinga saga wikisource, the free online. He was twice elected lawspeaker at the icelandic parliament, the althing. Here you will find links to download the all the icelandic sagas in various formats, such as epub and pdf. There seems to be a consensus that we will not have a great war in victoria.
So we will have, in effect, a hundredyear truce, from 1836 to 1936. In that city was a chief called odin, and it was a great place for sacrifice. But who was, and how old was the saga when inclu ded by snorre in his great. The earths round face, whereon mankind dwells, is much cleft because great gulfs run up into the land from the ocean. This idea was carried forth into their death and is reflected in the shipburials found across the scandinavian peninsula. The ynglinga saga, heimskringla or the chronicle of the kings of norway the story of the yngling family from odin to halfdan the black of the situation of countries. The whole saga is transmitted only in heimskringla and concerns the kings in the. The name heimskringla was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts kringla heimsins, the circle of the world. Orb of the world, collection of sagas of the early norwegian kings, written by the icelandic poetchieftain snorri sturluson.
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