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Weyland (also spelled Wayland, Weland and Watlende) is the mythical smith-god of the Saxon immigrants into Britain. He is synonymous with the North-Germanic/Norse Völundr of the Völundarkviða, a poem in the Poetic Edda. Weyland had two brothers, Egil and Slagfidur (or Slagfinn). In one version of the myth, the three brothers lived with three Valkyries: Olrun, Alvit and Svanhvit. After nine years, the Valkyries left their lovers. Egil and Slagfidur followed, never to return. In another version, Wey ...

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Närke, is a province in Central Sweden, which historically formed part of Svealand. The name of the province is partly derived from an old name for the people of the province, the Njarar (Njars) or Nerikjar (today Närkingar). The root nari, neri is cognate to English narrow and refers to the narrow inlets that caracterized the geography, a tribe that is also mentioned in the lay of Völund (Weyland the Smith): "When the Lord of the Njars, Nidud, heard That Völund sat i ...

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After some years' absence in England, fighting the Danes, he returned to Norway in 1015 and declared himself king, obtaining the support of the five petty kings of the Uplands. In 1016 he defeated Earl Sweyn, hitherto the virtual ruler of Norway, at the Battle of Neaje, and within a few years had won more power than had been enjoyed by any of his predecessors on the throne. He had annihilated the petty kings of the South, had crushed the aristocracy, enforced the acceptance of Christianity throughout the kingdom, asserted his suzerain ...

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Olaf II of Norway, Olaf II of Norway - Concerning the king's name, Olaf II of Norway - Reign, Olaf II of Norway - Sainthood, Olaf II of Norway - Christianization, Olaf II of Norway - Olav's dynasty, Olaf II of Norway - Saint Olav

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The Scandinavian näcken, nøkken, strömkarlen, Grim or Fosse-Grim was a male water spirit who played enchanted songs on the violin, luring women and children to drown in lakes or streams. If properly approached, he will teach a musician to play so adeptly "that the trees dance and waterfalls stop at his music"Sacred-Texts.com It is difficult to describe the actual appearance of the nix, as one of his central attributes was thought to be shape shifting. Perhaps he did not have any true shape. ...

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Nix, Nix - Näcken, Nix - Bäckahästen, Nix - Nixe, Nix - Other meanings, Nix - Bibliography

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Snorri Sturluson relates that when his father Anund had died, Ingjald became the king of Sweden. The kings at Uppsala were the foremost among the kings of the various provinces since Odin ruled the country, and they were the supreme chiefs of the other kingdoms since the death of Agne and Sweden was divided between Erik and Alrik. The descendants of these two kings had spread, cleared land and settled new territories, ...

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Ingjald, Ingjald - Youth, Ingjald - The deceit, Ingjald - Wars, Ingjald - Downfall, Ingjald - Secondary sources

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His mother was Gauthild, a princess of West götaland, whose maternal grandfather was Olof the Sharp-sighted, the king of Nerike. His mother sent him to his foster-father Bove in West Götaland, where he grew up with his foster-brother Saxe who was surnamed Flette. When Olof heard of his father's death, he assembled the men who were willing to follow him and went to his kinsmen in Nerike, because after his father's atrocities, th ...

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Olof Trätälja, Olof Trätälja - Heimskringla, Olof Trätälja - Ynglingatal and Historia Norwegiae, Olof Trätälja - Archaeology

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During the centuries of popularity the story changed. This is the most comprehensive version from Gesta Danorum. Hagbard was the son of Haamund and Signy was the daughter of Sigar. Once, when Hagbard and his brothers were pillaging, they started to fight with Signy's brothers. The battle was even and they finally decided to have peace. Hagbard followed Signy's brothers and managed to be alone with Signy in secret. She promised him her love, in spite of being mo ...

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Hagbard and Signy, Hagbard and Signy - Storyline, Hagbard and Signy - Folk songs, Hagbard and Signy - Locations, Hagbard and Signy - Sources

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The history of this tribe is shrouded in the mists of time. Besides Scandinavian mythology and Germanic legend, only a few sources describe them and there is very little information, in spite of the fact that the tribe existed already during the first century A.D. Suiones - Romans. There are two sources from the 1st century A.D that are quoted as referring to the Suiones. The first one is Pliny the Elder who said that the Romans had rounded the Cimbric peninsula (Jutland) where there was the Coda ...

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Suiones, Suiones - On the name, Suiones - Location, Suiones - Etymology, Suiones - History, Suiones - Romans, Suiones - Jordanes, Suiones - Anglo-Saxon sources, Suiones - Adam of Bremen, Suiones - Norse sagas

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Örebro literally means a bridge over gravel banks, which is how the geography looks, with the rivulet Svartån draining into the lake Hjälmaren. The location became a natural seat of commerce in the (Scandianvian) middle ages, and is mentioned in print in the 13th century. Old buildings from the early days include the foundations of the city church, a building undergone several modifications. The natural center of the city is otherwise the magnificent Örebro Castle, situated on an islet in the Svartån, and dividing the town in a northern and a southern part. This castle was constructed during the reign of King Gustav Vas ...

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Örebro, Örebro - History, Örebro - Sites of interest, Örebro - Notable natives, Örebro - Sports

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As the dominions of the Swedish kings grew, the name was applied also to include the Geats during the Middle Ages, but later it returned to referring only the people inhabiting the original tribal lands in Svealand, in opposition to the Geats. In modern Scandinavian, the adjectival form svensk and its plural svenskar/svensker have replaced the name svear and is, today, used to denote all the citizens of Sweden in opposition to a ...

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Suiones, Suiones - On the name, Suiones - Location, Suiones - Etymology, Suiones - History, Suiones - Romans, Suiones - Jordanes, Suiones - Anglo-Saxon sources, Suiones - Adam of Bremen, Suiones - Norse sagas

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The form Suiones appears in the Roman author Tacitus's Germania. A closely similar form, Sweon(as), is found in Old English and in the work of Adam of Bremen, about the Hamburg-Bremen archbishops, they are denoted Sueones. According to one theory (Schagerström 1931), the name is derived from Proto-Germanic *saiwi- meaning "lake" or "sea" resulting in *siwíoniz and later *swi-oniz meaning the "sea people". However, this root is not known to have produced any other deriv ...

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Suiones, Suiones - On the name, Suiones - Location, Suiones - Etymology, Suiones - History, Suiones - Romans, Suiones - Jordanes, Suiones - Anglo-Saxon sources, Suiones - Adam of Bremen, Suiones - Norse sagas

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Their primary dwellings were in eastern Svealand, i.e. the traditional Folklands of Attundaland, Tiundaland, Fjärdhundraland and Roslagen in the area of the present cities of Uppsala and Stockholm and the modern province of Gästrikland. Their territories also probably included the provinces of Västmanland, Södermanland and Nerike in the basin of Mälaren which constituted a bay with a multitude of islands. The region is still one of the most fertile and dense ...

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Suiones, Suiones - On the name, Suiones - Location, Suiones - Etymology, Suiones - History, Suiones - Romans, Suiones - Jordanes, Suiones - Anglo-Saxon sources, Suiones - Adam of Bremen, Suiones - Norse sagas

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The German Nixe is a kind of river mermaid who lures men to drown, akin to the Celtic Melusine and similar to the Greek Siren. Nixes are water spirits who try to lure people into the water. The males can assume many different shapes, including that of a human, fish, and snake. The females are beautiful women with the tail of a fish. When they are in human forms, they can be recognized by the wet hem of their clothes. The Nixes are considered as malignant in some quarters, but as harm ...

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Nix, Nix - Näcken, Nix - Bäckahästen, Nix - Nixe, Nix - Other meanings, Nix - Bibliography

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Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of the Svartån. It hosts many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions. The water tower of Örebro, nicknamed Svampen (The Mushroom) is a popular destination as an outlook tower. In 1958, a replica of the tower was built in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Örebro University is one of Sweden's most recent, being upgraded from högskola (university college) in 1999. It currently has ...

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Örebro, Örebro - History, Örebro - Sites of interest, Örebro - Notable natives, Örebro - Sports

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The German Nixe is a kind of river mermaid who lures men to drown, akin to the Celtic Melusine and similar to the Greek Siren. Nixe are water spirits who try to lure people into the water. The males can assume many different shapes, including that of a human, fish, and snake. The females are beautiful women with the tail of a fish. When they are in human forms they can be recognized by the wet hem of their clothes. The Nixes are considered as malignant in some quarters, but as harm ...

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Nix, Nix - Näcken, Nix - Bäckahästen, Nix - Nixe, Nix - Other meanings, Nix - Bibliography

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The Danes claimed very early that the name "Sigari oppidum" (Sigar's hill fort) referred to the Swedish Sigerstad in Halland between Halmstad and Falkenberg, where there are many monuments about the legend, such as Hagbard's gallows, Hagbard's stones, Siger's hill, Signy's chamber, Signy's well and Hagbard's mound. These monuments are all mentioned in Tuneld, G ...

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Hagbard and Signy, Hagbard and Signy - Storyline, Hagbard and Signy - Folk songs, Hagbard and Signy - Locations, Hagbard and Signy - Sources

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The song of Habor and Signhild was very popular and it was sung all over Scandinavia for centuries. It has also been subjected to scholarly analysis in many ways. It has been claimed that it was sung as early as the 13th century, and in Sweden it exists in many versions ranging from handwritten ditties from the early 17th century to eighteen chapbooks from the period 1638-1839. In the 17th century, it seems to have been Sweden's most popular folk song. There were also many versions in Denmark and Norway. ...

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Hagbard and Signy, Hagbard and Signy - Storyline, Hagbard and Signy - Folk songs, Hagbard and Signy - Locations, Hagbard and Signy - Sources

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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. Svipdag the Blind was the viceroy of Tiundaland, the province of Uppsala where the Tings and the Yule (Midwinter) sacrifices were held and (see the Temple at Uppsala). One Midwinter, when Ingjald and Alf were six years old, many people had assembled at Uppsala for the sacrifices. Alf and Ingjald played, but Ingjald found that he was the weaker boy and became so angry that he almost start ...

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Ingjald, Ingjald - Youth, Ingjald - The deceit, Ingjald - Wars, Ingjald - Downfall, Ingjald - Secondary sources

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Granmar won allies in his son-in-law the sea-king Hjörvard of the Ylfings and his father-in-law Högne the Geatish king of East Götaland. They successfully withstood Ingjald's invasion where Ingjald realised that the men from the provinces he had conquered were not loyal to him. After a long standstill there was peace for as long as the three kings lived. However, one night Ingjald and his men sourrounded a farm where Granmar and Hjörvard were at a feast and burnt the house down. He late disposed of five more kings, and he thus earned the name Illråde (ill-rul ...

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Ingjald, Ingjald - Youth, Ingjald - The deceit, Ingjald - Wars, Ingjald - Downfall, Ingjald - Secondary sources

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Bäckahästen (translated as the brook horse) is a mythological horse in Scandinavian folklore. It has a close parallel in the Scottish kelpie. It was often described as a majestic white horse that would appear near rivers, particularly during foggy weather. Anyone who climbed onto its back would not be able to get off again. The horse would then jump into the river, drowning the rider. The brook horse could also be harnessed and made to plough, either because it was trying to trick a person or because the person had tri ...

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Nix, Nix - Näcken, Nix - Bäckahästen, Nix - Nixe, Nix - Other meanings, Nix - Bibliography

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