Ohthere

According to the oldest source, Beowulf, he was captured by the Geats together with his mother and his younger brother Onela. They were saved by his father Ongenþeow who killed the Geatish king Hæþcyn and besieged the Geats in a forest named Raven's wood (wið Hrefnawudu and in Hrefnesholt 1). However, Geatish reinforcements arrived led by the Geatish prince Hygelac w ...

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Ohthere, Ohthere - Beowulf, Ohthere - Scandinavian sources, Ohthere - Comments, Ohthere - Note, Ohthere - Primary sources, Ohthere - Secondary sources

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Hrólf Kraki Tradition Onela, Proto-Norse *Anula, was according to Beowulf a Swedish king during the first half the 6th century. He was the son of Ongentheow and the brother of Ohthere. He usurped the Swedish throne but was killed by his nephew Eadgils, who won by hiring foreign assistance. In Scandinavian mythology exists a king by the same name, Áli (the Old Norse form of Onela, also rendered as Ole, Åle or Ale), who had the cognomen hinn Upplenzki ("from ...

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• Onela - Beowulf
• Onela - Norse sagas
• Onela - Primary sources
• Onela - Secondary sources

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Ynglingatal is a skaldic poem listing the kings of the House of Ynglings. Although, there was a hypothesis of a late origin during the early 90s, most scholars hold it to be from the late 9th century, see below. The original version is attributed to Þjóðólfr of Hvinir who was the skald of a Norwegian petty king named Ragnvald the Mountain-High and who was a cousin of Harald Fairhair. The reason was that the Norwegian kings claimed descendance from the Norse gods through the royal dynasty of Sweden, a dynasty w ...

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• Ynglingatal - Controversy
• Ynglingatal - The late origin hypothesis
• Ynglingatal - Evidence against the late hypothesis

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The Ynglings (Heimskringla), Scylfings (Beowulf and Ynglingatal) or Sons of Frey (Gesta Danorum and Ynglingatal) were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. They are known from early Scandinavian sources, especially Heimskringla, and from Beowulf. They make up a large part of the Mythological kings of Sweden as well as the Semi-legendary kings of Sweden. The first kings in the line are probably mythical, whereas others have probably existed in real life. Especially, ...

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• Yngling - Names
• Yngling - From Sweden to Norway
• Yngling - Remaining in Sweden?
• Yngling - Family Tree
• Yngling - The line
• Yngling - Kings of Sweden
• Yngling - Intermediary
• Yngling - Kings of Norway
• Yngling - The name Scylfing
• Yngling - Beowulf
• Yngling - In Norse tradition
• Yngling - Variant spellings

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Hrólf Kraki Tradition Eadgils was a 6th century king of Sweden who appears in the Old English epic Beowulf. Eadgils is generally considered to be the same king as Aðils, or Athisl, who appears in the Norse sagas and Gesta Danorum. This king was also the son of a king named Ohthere and just like in Beowulf, Adils killed a king named Onela (Ali) with foreign assistance (see also Origins for Beowulf and Hrólf Kraki). Eadgils - Name. The Norse forms are based ...

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• Eadgils - Name
• Eadgils - Beowulf
• Eadgils - In the Hrólf Kraki traditions and Heimskringla
• Eadgils - Archaeology
• Eadgils - Gesta Danorum
• Eadgils - Primary sources
• Eadgils - Secondary sources

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Beowulf (c. 700-1000 AD), is a traditional heroic epic poem. 3,182 lines — longer than any other Old English poem — it represents about 10% of the extant corpus of Old English poetry. The poem is untitled in the manuscript, but has been known as Beowulf since the early 19th century. Beowulf - Background and origins. Beowulf is one of the oldest surviving epic poems in what is identifiable as an early form of the English language (the oldest surviving text in Old English is Caedmon's ...

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• Beowulf - Background and origins
• Beowulf - Themes and story
• Beowulf - Old English glossaries and modern English translations
• Beowulf - Form
• Beowulf - Influence upon contemporary works and pop culture
• Beowulf - Literature
• Beowulf - Films
• Beowulf - Additional film television & music
• Beowulf - Games
• Beowulf - Comics

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Óttarr is a Scandinavian name. It stands for 'fearless warrior'. Speficic uses of the name include: In Heimskringla: Ottar is a Swedish king. The same king appears in Beowulf as Ohthere. See Ottar (king). Ottar is the jarl of Östergötland who was killed by Harold I of Denmark. In Norse mythology, Óttarr is the protégé of Freya, and the subject of the Lay of Hyndla. See Óttar (mythology). The dwarf Ótr is sometimes known as Óttarr. The name Ótta

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This is a family tree which is not only based on Historia Norwegiae and Ynglinga saga. It also includes some members who are mentioned in other Old Norse sources (and in Beowulf). The names of Swedish kings are shown in bold. Njord (Nerthus(1)) Fornjot | | | ---------- ---------------------- | | | | ---------- Gymir(2) Logi Kari | | | ...

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Yngling, Yngling - Names, Yngling - From Sweden to Norway, Yngling - Remaining in Sweden?, Yngling - Family Tree, Yngling - The line, Yngling - Kings of Sweden, Yngling - Intermediary, Yngling - Kings of Norway, Yngling - The name Scylfing, Yngling - Beowulf, Yngling - In Norse tradition, Yngling - Variant spellings

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In the Norse sagas, which were mostly based on Norwegian versions of Scandinavian legends, Onela seems to appear as Áli of Uppland, but is called Norwegian. This is generally regarded as a late confusion between the Swedish Uppland, the core province of the Swedes, and its namesake, the Norwegian Oppland). The part about Onela concerns the Battle on the Ice. In the Ynglinga saga, Snorri relates that king Adils (who corresponds to Eadgils) fought hard battles with the Norwegian king who was called Áli hin upplenzki. The ...

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Onela, Onela - Beowulf, Onela - Norse sagas, Onela - Primary sources, Onela - Secondary sources

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In the Norse sagas, some changes have appeared. Onela's name Ali hinn upplenzki "Onela of Uppland" was preserved but, Uppland, the core province of the Swedes had been confused with its Norwegian namesake Oppland, and so Onela was called a Norwegian king. In Snorri's Edda, in the Kalfsvisa, the battle is mentioned in two places. In the first place, Snorri writes Áli rode Hrafn, as they rode to the ice, but a second one, a grey one, hastened, wounded by spears, eastwards under Adils. In the second place, Snorri recounts: ...

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Battle on the Ice, Battle on the Ice - Beowulf, Battle on the Ice - Norse sagas, Battle on the Ice - Archaeology

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In Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók and in Historia Norwegiae, he was called Egil Vendelcrow (Vendilcraca/Vendilkráka, a name traditionally given to those living at the royal estate of Vendel in Sweden). Snorri Sturluson, however, gave the name Vendelcrow to Egil's son Ottar (Ohthere). In these sources, Egil was the son of Aun the Old, and like him, not very warlike. After he had made the thrall Tunni (or Tonne) responsible for the treasury, Tunni rebelled against Egil. They fought eight battles after which Egil fled t ...

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Ongenþeow, Ongenþeow - Scandinavian tradition, Ongenþeow - Anglo-Saxon sources, Ongenþeow - Comments, Ongenþeow - Primary sources, Ongenþeow - Secondary sources

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Later Yrsa married Adils (Eadgils) the king of Sweden, the son of Ottar (Ohthere), Helgi died and was succeeded by his brother Hróar (Hrothgar) since Hrólf was still a young boy. After Hróar's death, Hrólf became the king of the Danes. Many heroes came to advise and fight for Hrólf, most notably Bödvar Bjarki (bödvarr means "battle"), who may be the Scandinavian version of Beowulf. Twelve in particular were recognized as his best men. Not long after Hrólf became king, Adils requested his assistance in battle against his uncle, ...

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Hrólf Kraki, Hrólf Kraki - Parentage, Hrólf Kraki - Kingship, Hrólf Kraki - Death by burning, Hrólf Kraki - Origins of the tale, Hrólf Kraki - A modern version, Hrólf Kraki - Alternate Anglicizations

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Sigrún and Helgi marry and they have several sons. Dag is, however, tormented by the fact that honour demands that he avenge his father. Somehow, Odin lends him a spear, and he dutifully pierces Helgi with it. Then he goes to Sigrún to give his condolences, which makes her curse him: The wind would stop every time he entered a ship. The fastest horse would not carry him if he is hunted. His swor ...

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Helgi Hundingsbane, Helgi Hundingsbane - Earning his name and meeting a Valkyrie, Helgi Hundingsbane - The Battle, Helgi Hundingsbane - Death, Helgi Hundingsbane - Sleeping with a dead man, Helgi Hundingsbane - Comments, Helgi Hundingsbane - Locations, Helgi Hundingsbane - Primary sources, Helgi Hundingsbane - Secondary sources

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Many have pointed out that if the work actually is a propaganda work from the 12th century, why does it not end with a famous king such as Harald Fairhair? Instead it ends with the less known king Ragnvald the Mountain-High. Krag's defense that it was an old text about Ragnvald that had been inserted is considered farfetched and it actually contradicts his thesis. Hägerdal (1994) doubts that Christian ideas were unknown in Scandinavia before the 11th century and he (1994:4) has pointed out that the place names Borre and Skiringssal, in the part about the kings of Vestfold, were archa ...

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Ynglingatal, Ynglingatal - Controversy, Ynglingatal - The late origin hypothesis, Ynglingatal - Evidence against the late hypothesis

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In the Hrólf Kraki tradition, Adils (Eadgils) captured and married Yrsa (Yrs), the mother of Hrólf Kraki (Hrothulf). Not long after Hrólf became king, Eadgils requested his assistance against his uncle Áli (Onela). Hrólf sent his twelve companions, led by Bödvar Bjarki (who it is often remarked has similarities with Beowulf), Áli was defeated in the Battle on the Ice and Adils gained the kingdom. But when Adils refused to pay Hrólf's men the expected tributes for their help, Hrólf Kraki set off to Gamla Uppsala. As Adils was away, g ...

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Eadgils, Eadgils - Name, Eadgils - Beowulf, Eadgils - In the Hrólf Kraki traditions and Heimskringla, Eadgils - Archaeology, Eadgils - Gesta Danorum, Eadgils - Primary sources, Eadgils - Secondary sources

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Beowulf is one of the oldest surviving epic poems in what is identifiable as an early form of the English language (the oldest surviving text in Old English is Caedmon's hymn of creation). The precise date of the manuscript is debated, but most estimates place it close to 1000. There is no general agreement on when the poem was originally composed. Some scholars argue that archaic forms of words that appear in the text suggest that the poem comes from the early 8th century, while others place it as late as the 10th century, near the t ...

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Beowulf, Beowulf - Background and origins, Beowulf - Themes and story, Beowulf - Old English glossaries and modern English translations, Beowulf - Form, Beowulf - Influence upon contemporary works and pop culture, Beowulf - Literature, Beowulf - Films, Beowulf - Additional film television & music, Beowulf - Games, Beowulf - Comics

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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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The oldest source for Onela is the Old English poem Beowulf which relates that Onela usurped the Swedish throne. Ohthere's sons Eadgils and Eanmund fled to king Heardred of Geatland, the son of Hygelac who had killed their grandfather Ongentheow. Onela then had both a father to avenge and two pretenders to neutralize, in Geatland. Onela attacked the Geats and killed Heardred, while Onela's warrior Weohstan killed Eanmund. Beowulf became king of the Geats and helped Eadgils defeat and kill Onela. By a conjectural emendation of line 62 of this poem some editors represent Onela as the son-in-law of Healfene/Halfdan king of ...

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Onela, Onela - Beowulf, Onela - Norse sagas, Onela - Primary sources, Onela - Secondary sources

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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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