Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling

Fornjót (Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea) and a king of Finland. The meaning of the name is not clear, It might possibly be from forn 'old' + jótr 'Jutlander' or possibly 'giant' (Finnish 'jätti' - giant) or might be from for 'early' + njótr 'destroyer'. Fornjót is also, following a particular legendary genealogical tradition, the f ...

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• Fornjót - Fornjót in the texts
• Fornjót - Ægir
• Fornjót - Logi
• Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning
• Fornjót - In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son
• Fornjót - Kári
• Fornjót - More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi
• Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling
• Fornjót - Alternative spellings

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In the Ynglinga saga the names Logi and Frosti are otherwise connected when it relates that King Agni of Sweden in a raid on Finland killed Frosti, the leader of the Finns who opposed him and captured Skjálf, Frosti's daughter, and her brother Logi. (But the verse of the Ynglingtal quoted here as confirmation says only that Skjálf is Logi's kin.) For Skjálf's marriage to Agni and her vengeance on him see Agni. Agni himself, as discussed under Snær, is here a descendant of Snær through Snær's daughter Drífa who married King Vanlandi of Sweden. < ...

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Fornjót, Fornjót - Fornjót in the texts, Fornjót - Ægir, Fornjót - Logi, Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning, Fornjót - In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son, Fornjót - Kári, Fornjót - More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi, Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling, Fornjót - Alternative spellings

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Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning. Logi appears by that name in the Gylfaginning in the tale of Thor's journey to the halls of Útgard-loki where he was pitted against Logi in an eating contest. The contestants appeared to be equal in speed at eating meat from the bone, but Logi also consumed the bones as well and even the wooden trencher. Útgard-loki afterwards explained that Logi was really fire itself. Fornjót - In the Saga of Th ...

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Fornjót, Fornjót - Fornjót in the texts, Fornjót - Ægir, Fornjót - Logi, Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning, Fornjót - In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son, Fornjót - Kári, Fornjót - More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi, Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling, Fornjót - Alternative spellings

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Fornjót is mentioned only twice in old verse: in stanza 29 of Ynglingatal where "son of Fornjót" seems to refer to fire and in a citation in Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál: How should the wind be periphrased? Thus: call it son of Fornjót, Brother of the Sea and of Fire, Scathe or Ruin or Hound or Wolf of the Wood or of the Sail or of the Rigging. Thus spake Svein in the Nordrsetu-drápa: Fi ...

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Fornjót, Fornjót - Fornjót in the texts, Fornjót - Ægir, Fornjót - Logi, Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning, Fornjót - In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son, Fornjót - Kári, Fornjót - More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi, Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling, Fornjót - Alternative spellings

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Kári is mentioned in one of the thulur as a term for wind. Otherwise this personage appears only in the Hversu and Orkneyinga saga accounts where Kári appears to be the heir to his father's kingdoms as in the Hversu Kári's descendants emerge also as rulers of Finland and Kvenland. Kári is father of a son who is named Frosti ('frost') according to the Orkneyinga saga but named Jökul (jǫkull 'icicle, ice, glacier') according to the Hversu. This son in turn is the father of Snær the Old (Snærr inn gamli 'Snow the Old'). See SnærSee also:

Fornjót, Fornjót - Fornjót in the texts, Fornjót - Ægir, Fornjót - Logi, Fornjót - In the Gylfaginning, Fornjót - In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son, Fornjót - Kári, Fornjót - More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi, Fornjót - Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling, Fornjót - Alternative spellings

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