To complicate the matter, Heimskringla and other Sagas also have Sweyn marrying Eric's widow, but she is distinctly another person in these texts, by name of Sigrid the Haughty, whom Sweyn only marries after Gunhild, the Slavic princess who bore Cnut, has died.

Harald's kingdom ( in red ) and his vassals and allies ( in pink ), as set forth in Heimskringla, Knytlinga Saga, and other medieval Scandinavian sources.

Accounts of the symbel are preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf ( lines 489-675 and 1491 – 1500 ), Dream of the Rood and Judith, Old Saxon Heliand, and the Old Norse Lokasenna as well as other Eddic and Saga texts, such as in the Heimskringla account of the funeral ale held by King Sweyn, or in the Fagrskinna.

The other two relate to the saga literature ; the first is a retelling of Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa ( alluded to in Eyrbyggja Saga and Heimskringla ), while the second is a direct translation from Egil's saga, supplemented with extensive notes, some which explain Eddison's aesthetic and philosophical outlook.

The best known is that found in the Heimskringla, but other older traditions are found in the Historia Norvegiae and the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland.

The Heimskringla recounts other tales of Rognvald.

In later centuries, the saga descriptions of the battle, especially that in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, have inspired a number of ballads and other works of literature.

According to the sagas Morkinskinna and Heimskringla, Inge ’ s infirmity stemmed from having been carried into battle by one of his guardians during a battle in 1137: “... his back was knotted into a hump, and the one foot was shorter than the other ; and he was besides so infirm that he could scarcely walk as long as he lived .” s: Heimskringla / Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald # Of Sigurd Slembidjakn.

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

* Sporsnjall, a form of Fornsnjallr, ( in Heimskringla ) who was invited by Ingjald to a banquet only to be burnt to death inside Ingjald's hall with a number of other petty kings.

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.

The research for the book was based largely on Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla and other old Icelandic literature, but also on medieval chronicles and contemporary research, and historic names, people and events were woven into the fiction.

There could have been other lines of descent from King Harald I than the three embellished by Heimskringla.

However other sources show a Chnuba ( usually identified with Gnupa, Sigtrygg's father ) still ruling in 934, while Heimskringla reports Gnupa's defeat by Gorm the Old, again placing his death later than Adam would have it.

Heimdallr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material ; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; in the poetry of skalds ; and on an Old Norse runic inscription found in England.

Heimskringla is the best known of the Old Norse kings ' sagas.

The first part of the Heimskringla is rooted in Norse mythology ; as it advances, fable and fact all curiously intermingle, and it terminates in factual history.

Valhalla is mentioned in euhemerized form and as an element of remaining Norse pagan belief in Heimskringla.

Norse sources of the high medieval period, most prominently Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild and a daughter of Burislav, the king of Vindland.

The name Gandalf is found in at least one more place in Norse myth, in the semihistorical Heimskringla, which briefly describes Gandalf Alfgeirsson, a legendary Norse king from Eastern Norway and rival of Halfdan the Black.

According to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, he was named Magnus ( Magnús in Old Norse ) by Sigvatr Þórðarson, his father's Icelandic skald, after Charlemagne, Carolus Magnus in Latin.

* Heimskringla in Old Norse

The Heimskringla or the Sagas of the Norse Kings.

Ynglinga saga is the first part of Snorri's history of the ancient Norse kings, the Heimskringla.

The Temple at Uppsala was a religious center in Norse paganism once located at what is now Gamla Uppsala ( Swedish " Old Uppsala "), Sweden attested in Adam of Bremen's 11th century work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum and in Heimskringla, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

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

The nineteenth-century translation of the Norse saga the Heimskringla, published by Samuel Laing in 1844, included a verse by Óttarr svarti, that looks very similar to the nursery rhyme:

It contains mostly sagas of the Norse kings as found in the Heimskringla, specifically the sagas about Olaf Tryggvason, St. Olaf, Sverre, Hakon the Old, Magnus the Good, and Harald Hardrada.

Eystein Halfdansson ( Old Norse: Eysteinn Hálfdansson ) was the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla.

Halfdan the Mild ( Old Norse: Hálfdan hinn mildi ) was the son of king Eystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling and he succeeded his father as king, according to Heimskringla.

In Old Norse sources, the clan figure prominently in the Heimskringla and in Sögubrot, where Hjörvard and his son Hjörmund belong to it.

The name is first recorded in Old Norse literature as Ullarakr ( the late twelfth century in the case of Krákumál, and 1225 in the case of Heimskringla ).

* Snorre Sturlason, The Heimskringla: A History of the Norse Kings, vol.

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

Norse sagas in which Augvald is depicted includes the Flateyjarbok, the Saga of Olav Tryggvason ( from both Heimskringla and Oddr Snorrason ), and the Saga of Half & His Heroes.

According to the Norse Heimskringla and Orkneyinga sagas, Rögnvald had little regard for his youngest son Einarr because Einarr's mother was a slave.

Fenrir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

Freyja is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century ; in several Sagas of Icelanders ; in the short story Sörla þáttr ; in the poetry of skalds ; and into the modern age in Scandinavian folklore, as well as the name for Friday in many Germanic languages.

Huginn and Muninn are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; in the Third Grammatical Treatise, compiled in the 13th century by Óláfr Þórðarson ; and in the poetry of skalds.

Loki is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; the Norwegian Rune Poems, in the poetry of skalds, and in Scandinavian folklore.

Njörðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, in euhemerized form as a beloved mythological early king of Sweden in Heimskringla, also written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, as one of three gods invoked in the 14th century Hauksbók ring oath, and in numerous Scandinavian place names.

It is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

Valhalla is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla, also written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in stanzas of an anonymous 10th century poem commemorating the death of a Eric Bloodaxe known as Eiríksmál as compiled in Fagrskinna.

Scholars disagree about the various, too often contradictory, accounts of his life given in sources from his era of history, such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum, and the Heimskringla, a 13th-century work by Icelandic author Snorri Sturluson.

The Icelandic sources, in particular Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, state that Sigurd, like Olaf's father, was a great-grandson of King Harald Fairhair in the male line.

The version in Heimskringla is the most elaborate, but also the youngest, and introduces elements to the story that are not found in earlier sources.

The Vanir are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in the poetry of skalds.

Skaði is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the works of skalds.

Valkyries are attested in the Poetic Edda, a book of poems compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla ( by Snorri Sturluson ), and Njáls saga, a Saga of Icelanders, all written in the 13th century.

Vanaheimr is attested in the Poetic Edda ; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda and ( in euhemerized form ) Heimskringla ; both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

Mímir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson of Iceland, and in euhemerized form as one of the Æsir in Heimskringla, also written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

The einherjar are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, the poem Hákonarmál ( by the 10th century skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir ) as collected in Heimskringla, and a stanza of an anonymous 10th century poem commemorating the death of Eric Bloodaxe known as Eiríksmál as compiled in Fagrskinna.

Gerðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources ; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in the poetry of skalds.

While the battle is described in a number of medieval sources, the narrative in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla is the best known and the one which has most influenced modern historical and literary works.

The main sources to Inge ’ s reign are the kings ’ sagas Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Morkinskinna and Ágrip.

The main sources to Eystein ’ s reign are the kings ’ sagas Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Morkinskinna and Ágrip.

The principal sources on Eric's youth are Fagrskinna and Heimskringla.