Yngvi Alreksson King Of Sweden

• General Notes
  • Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling.
    
    Alf and Yngvi slaying each otherContents
    1 Ynglingatal
    2 Hervarar Saga and the Saga of Orvar-Odd
    3 Ari Frodi's Younger Íslendingabók
    4 Gesta Danorum
    5 Primary sources
    6 Secondary sources
    
    Ynglingatal
    According to Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiae and Ynglinga saga, Yngvi and Alf were the sons of Alrik. Yngvi was an accomplished king: a great warrior who always won his battles, the master of all exercises, generous, happy and sociable. He was both loved and famous.
    
    Alf was unsociable and harsh and stayed at home instead of pillaging in other countries. His mother was Dageid, the daughter of king Dag the Great from whom is descended the Dagling family. Alf was married to Bera who was happy and alert and a very lovable woman.
    
    One day in the autumn, Yngvi returned to Uppsala from a very successful viking expedition which had rendered him famous. He used to spend time at the drinking table until late in the night, like Bera, and they found it pleasant to talk to each other. Alf, however, preferred to go to bed early and he started to tell her to go to bed early as well so that she did not wake him. Then Bera used to answer that Yngvi was much better for a woman than Alf, an answer that was getting on Alf's nerves.
    
    One evening, the jealous Alf entered the hall and saw Yngvi and Bera converse on the high seat. Yngvi had a short sword in his lap and the other guests were too drunk to see that Alf had arrived. From under his cloak Alf drew a sword and pierced Yngvi. Yngvi, mortally wounded, got up, drew his own short sword and slew Alf. They were buried in two mounds on the Fyrisvellir (Fyris Wolds).
    
    Alf was succeeded by his son Hugleik.
    
    Ok varð hinn,
    er Alfr of vá
    vörðr véstalls,
    of veginn liggja,
    er dölingr
    dreyrgan mæki
    öfundgjarn
    á Yngva rauð.
    Var-a þat bært
    at Bera skyldi
    valsœfendr
    vígs of hvetja,
    þá er brœðr tveir
    at bönum urðusk,
    óþurfendr,
    of afbrýði.[1] (http://www.home.no/norron-mytologi/sgndok/kvad/yngli.htm)  I tell you of a horrid thing,
    A deed of dreadful note I sing --
    How by false Bera, wicked queen,
    The murderous brother-hands were seen
    Each raised against a brother's life;
    How wretched Alf with bloody knife
    Gored Yngve's heart, and Yngve's blade
    Alf on the bloody threshold laid.
    Can men resist Fate's iron laws?
    They slew each other without cause. (Laing's translation [2] (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/02ynglga.htm))  
    
    Hervarar Saga and the Saga of Orvar-Odd.  In the Hervarar saga and the saga of Orvar-Odd, Yngvi was the father of Ingeborg, the princess who was in love with the Swedish hero Hjalmar.
    
    Ari Frodi's Younger Íslendingabók
    According to Ari Frodi's line of Swedish kings Yngvi was the son of Agne, and not of Agne's son Alrik.
    
    Gesta Danorum
    In Gesta Danorum, Alf (Alverus) was the father of Yngve (Ing) and Ingjald (Ingild). Ingjald, in his turn was the father of Sigurd Ring and the grand-father of Ragnar Lodbrok.
    
    Primary sources
    Ynglingatal
    Ynglinga saga (part of the Heimskringla)
    Historia Norwegiae
    Hervarar saga
    Orvar-Odd's saga
    Younger Íslendingabók
    
    Secondary sources
    Nerman, B. Det svenska rikets uppkomst. Stockholm, 1925.

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