By the time of the Ynglinga Saga, Snorri had developed his concept of Asgard further, although the differences might be accounted for by his sources.

Demoted from his position as all-father, or king of the gods, Odin becomes a great sorcerer in the Ynglinga Saga.

At that time it had lost the first page, but the second ( the current beginning of the Ynglinga Saga ) starts Kringla heimsins, " the Earth's circle " of the Laing translation.

Gerhard Munthe, Kringla Heimsins, illustration for Ynglinga Saga.

Njörðr appears in or is mentioned in three Kings ' sagas collected in Heimskringla ; Ynglinga saga, the Saga of Hákon the Good and the Saga of Harald Graycloak.

He spoke of a notation made by Snorri Sturluson, a 13th-century historian-mythographer in Ynglinga Saga which relates that " Odin ( a Scandinavian god who was one of the kings ) came to the North with his people from a country called Aser.

Mímir is mentioned in chapters 4 and 7 of the saga Ynglinga Saga, as collected in Heimskringla.

* Heimskringla: The Ynglinga Saga from OMACL English

In addition to the unnamed seeress ( possibly identical with Heiðr ) in Völuspá, other examples of völur in Norse literature include Gróa in Svipdagsmál, Þórbjörgr in the Saga of Eric the Red and Huld in for instance Ynglinga saga.

In Ynglinga Saga in 1220 AD, Snorri Sturluson discusses marriages between Swedish and Finnish royal families.

Hoc may be identical to the chieftain Haki mentioned in the Ynglinga Saga by Snorri Sturlason.

In Snorri's Ynglinga Saga in the Heimskringla, Skjöld's wife is the goddess Gefjön and the same account occurs in most, but not all, manuscripts of the Edda.

A son of Odin in the prologue to the Edda but identified with Frey son of Njörd in the Ynglinga Saga.

Snorri's Ynglinga Saga relates that after the giantess Skaði broke off her marriage with Njörd, she " married afterwards Odin, and had many sons by him, of whom one was called Sæming " from whom Jarl Hákon claimed descent.

The other tradition appears in chapter 20 of the Ynglinga Saga section of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla.

Halfdan the Valiant ( Hálfdan snjalli ) ( 7th century ) was the legendary father of Ivar Vidfamne according to Hervarar saga, the Ynglinga saga, Njal's Saga and Hversu Noregr byggdist.

In 1220 AD, in the Ynglinga Saga, the Icelandic Snorri Sturluson discusses marriages and wars of Finnish and Swedish royal families.

Hålogaland figures extensively in the Norse sagas, and in the Heimskringla, especially the Ynglinga Saga and Háleygjatal.

Several sagas mention Serkland: Ynglinga saga, Sörla saga sterka, Sörla þáttr, Saga Sigurðar Jórsalafara and Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis.

In Ynglinga Saga it is further said that all those who are cremated with their possessions

In the Heimskringla book Ynglinga saga, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Hel is referred to, though never by name.

In Ynglinga saga section of the same work, Snorri relates:

The Icelandic historian and poet Snorri Sturluson ( 1179 – 1241 ) wrote the following description of berserkers in his Ynglinga saga:

Heyerdahl's intention was to prove the veracity of the account of Snorri Sturluson in the Ynglinga saga, written in the 13th century, about the origin of the Norse royal dynasties, and the pre-Christian Norse gods.

Heyerdahl tried to seek the origins of the Æsir, following the route set out by Snorri Sturluson in the Ynglinga saga, from the Black Sea and the river Tanais ( referred to by Snorri Sturluson by the names Tanaís and Tanakvísl ) via Saxon homelands in northern Germany, Odense on Fyn, Denmark to Old Sigtuna, ancient Sweden.

Ynglinga saga is a legendary saga, originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225.

Fróði (; ; Middle High German: Vruote ) is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf, Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and his Ynglinga saga, Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum, and the Grottasöngr.

In chapter 1 of the Heimskringla book Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturluson refers to the two in an euhemerized account, stating that Freyja had a husband named Óðr, two daughters named Hnoss and Gersemi, and that they were so beautiful that their names were used for " our most precious possessions " ( both of their names literally mean " jewel ").

The legend appears in Ragnarsdrápa, a 9th century Skaldic poem recorded in the 13th century Prose Edda, and in Ynglinga saga as recorded in Snorri Sturluson's 13th century Heimskringla.

In the Ynglinga saga compiled in Heimskringla, Snorri presents a euhemerized origin of the Norse gods and rulers descending from them.

In the Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturluson describes her personality as follows ( Samuel Laing's translation ): Yrsa was not one of the slave girls, and it was soon observed that she was intelligent, spoke well, and in all respects was well behaved.

Snorri Sturluson relates in his Ynglinga saga that King Ingvar, Östen's son, was a great warrior who often spent time patrolling the shores of his kingdom fighting Danes and Estonian vikings ( Víkingr frá Esthland ).

In his Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturluson relates that Anund succeeded his father Ingvar on the Swedish throne, and after his father's wars against Danish Vikings and Estonian pirates, peace reigned over Sweden and there were good harvests.

Snorri Sturluson gave an extensive account on the life of Ingjald in the Ynglinga saga which is part of the Heimskringla.

Snorri Sturluson wrote in the Ynglinga saga that Haki had amassed a great force of warriors and sometimes plundered together with his brother Hagbard ( who himself was the hero of one of the most popular legends of ancient Scandinavia, see Hagbard and Signy ).

Snorri Sturluson wrote of Dygvvi's father Domar in his Ynglinga saga ( 1225 ):

Snorri Sturluson wrote of Domar in his Ynglinga saga ( 1225 ):

Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga relates of King Dygvi of Sweden:

In his preface to the Heimskringla ( which includes the Ynglinga saga ), Snorri writes:

Snorri Sturluson wrote of Domalde in his Ynglinga saga ( 1225 ):

Snorri Sturluson wrote of Visbur in his Ynglinga saga ( 1225 ):

Snorri Sturluson wrote of Vanlandi in his Ynglinga saga ( 1225 ) ( note that the translator has rendered Finnland as Finland ):

Snorri Sturluson wrote of Sveigðir in his Ynglinga saga ( 1225 ):

The following description is based on the account in Ynglinga saga, written in the 1220s by Snorri Sturluson.

Snorri Sturluson introduces Gauti and Gautrek in his Ynglinga saga where Gauti " after whom Gautland ( Götaland ) is named " is mentioned as the father of Gautrek the Generous the father of King Algaut the father of Gauthild who married Ingjald the son of King Önund of Sweden.

Snorri Sturluson wrote in the Ynglinga saga that Hagbard occasionally plundered together with his brother Haki.