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In the Ynglinga saga compiled in Heimskringla, Snorri presents a euhemerized origin of the Norse gods and rulers descending from them.
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Ynglinga and saga
According to Grímnismál, the hall is the greatest of buildings and contains 540 rooms, located in Asgard, as are all the dwellings of the gods, in the kingdom of Þrúðheimr ( or Þrúðvangar according to Gylfaginning and Ynglinga saga ).
In the Heimskringla book Ynglinga saga, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Hel is referred to, though never by name.
A poem from the 9th century Ynglingatal that forms the basis of Ynglinga saga is then quoted that describes Hel's taking of Dyggvi:
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.
In chapter 4 of Ynglinga saga, Njörðr is introduced in connection with the Æsir-Vanir War.
In chapter 8 of Ynglinga saga, the " historical " Odin is described as ordaining burial laws over his country.
Ynglinga saga, the first book of Heimskringla, first mentions a Yule feast in 840.
He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a detailed history of the Norwegian kings that begins in the legendary Ynglinga saga and continues to document much of early Norwegian history.
The Heimskringla book Ynglinga saga ( chapter 4 ) provides an Euhemerized account of the Æsir – Vanir War.
In chapter 8 of the Heimskringla book Ynglinga saga, Skaði appears in an euhumerized account.
Mímir is mentioned in chapters 4 and 7 of the saga Ynglinga Saga, as collected in Heimskringla.
According to the Ynglinga saga, king Domalde was sacrificed there in the hope of bringing greater future harvests and the total domination of all future wars.
In Ynglinga saga, along with Mímir, he went to the Vanir as a hostage to seal a truce after the Æsir-Vanir War.
Kvasir is mentioned in an euhemerized account of the origin of the gods in chapter 4 of Ynglinga saga, contained within Heimskringla.
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:
The kings of the saga of the Ynglinga family.
Some sources, such as Íslendingabók, Ynglinga saga and Historia Norwegiæ trace the foundation of the Swedish kingdom back in the last centuries BC.
In the Ynglinga saga and in Gesta Danorum, Frey is euhemerized as a king of Sweden.
In the Ynglinga saga, Yngvi-Frey reigned in succession to his father Njörd who in turn succeeded Odin.
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 )
Especially, the story of Odin and the Aesir's emigration according to the Ynglinga saga is generally considered invalid by the official views and scholars.
The Ynglinga saga section of Snorri's Heimskringla and the Eddic poem Ragnarsdrápa tell a legend of how Gylfi was seduced by the goddess Gefjon to give her as much land as she could plow in one night.
Ynglinga and Heimskringla
Ynglinga saga is the first part of Snorri's history of the ancient Norse kings, the Heimskringla.
* Ynglinga saga and Heimskringla from « Kulturformidlingen norrøne tekster og kvad » Icelandic
* Heimskringla: The Ynglinga Saga from OMACL English
In the Ynglinga saga part of Heimskringla, Aðils, the king of Sweden, dies when he rides one of his horses around the dísarsálr at the time of Dísablót and he is thrown and brains himself on a rock.
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.
Snorri Sturluson gave an extensive account on the life of Ingjald in the Ynglinga saga which is part of the Heimskringla.
The Ynglinga saga, a part of the Heimskringla relates that the viceroy of Fjädrundaland was named Ingvar and he had two sons, Alf and Agnar, who were of the same age as Ingjald.
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.
* Ynglinga saga ( part of the Heimskringla )
In his preface to the Heimskringla ( which includes the Ynglinga saga ), Snorri writes:
In Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga, a part of the Heimskringla, he mentions the tradition of Halga, Eadgils and Yrsa, and he based his account on the Skjöldunga saga ( he had access to the now lost original version ).
The other tradition appears in chapter 20 of the Ynglinga Saga section of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla.
The text is important, among other things, because it constitutes ( in Latin translation ) an independent version of Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's Ynglingatal besides the text in Ynglinga saga in the Heimskringla.
Hålogaland figures extensively in the Norse sagas, and in the Heimskringla, especially the Ynglinga Saga and Háleygjatal.
Ynglinga and Snorri
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.
In the Ynglinga Saga of Snorri Sturluson the entire story is told as follows: " Othin had two brothers.
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.
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 Ynglinga Saga in 1220 AD, Snorri Sturluson discusses marriages between Swedish and Finnish royal families.
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.
Hoc may be identical to the chieftain Haki mentioned in the Ynglinga Saga by Snorri Sturlason.
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:
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