Ingvar
Ingvar
Ingvar may also refer to Ingvar of Kiev and to Ingvar the Far-Travelled. Yngvar Harra (or Ingvar) Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. early 7th century) was the son of sten and reclaimed the Swedish throne for the House of Yngling after the Swedes had rebelled against Slvi. Snorri Sturluson relates in his Ynglinga saga that King Ingvar, sten's son, was a great warrior who often spent time patrolling the shores of his kingdom fighting Danes and Estonian vikings (Vkingr fr Esthland). King Ingvar finally came to a peace agreement with the Danes and could take care of the Estonian vikings. He consequently started pillaging in Estonia in retribution, and one summer he arrived at a place called Stein (see also Sveigder). The Estonians (sslu kind) assembled a great army in the interior and attacked King Ingvar in a great battle. The Estonian forces were too powerful and Ingvar fell and the Swedish forces retreated. Ingvar was buried in a mound at a place called Stone or Hill fort (at Steini) on the shores of Estonia (Aalssla). Snorri then quotes a stanza from jlfr of Hvinir's Ynglingatal:
at stkk upp, at Yngvari Sslu kind um sat hafi, ok ljshmum vi lagar hjarta her Eistneskr at hilmi v, ok austmarr jfri snskum Gmis lj at gamni kver.[1] Certain it is the Estland foe The fair-haired Swedish king laid low. On Estland's strand, o'er Swedish graves, The East Sea sings her song of waves; King Yngvar's dirge is ocean's roar Resounding on the rock-ribbed shore.[2]
The Historia Norwegi presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation (continuing after Eysteinn):
Hujus filius Ynguar, qui cognominatus est canutus, in expeditione occisus est His son Yngvar, nicknamed the Hoary, was killed by the inhabitants [3] in quadam insula Baltici maris, qu ab indigenis Eysysla vocatur. Iste while campaigning on an island in the Baltic called sel. Yngvar [4] [5] ergo genuit Broutonund, quem Sigwardus frater suus [...]. bred Braut-nund, whose brother, Sigurd, [...]
Ynglingatal only mentions the location Sysla (area paying tribute), Historia Norwegiae only mentions that he died during a campaign on the island Eycilla, i.e. Eysysla (sel). In addition to his son Anund (Broutonund), it also adds second son named Sigvard. Thorsteins saga Vkingssonar skips Ingvar's generation and makes his father sten the father of Anund and grandfather of Ingjald. It adds a second son to sten named Olaf, who was the king of Fjordane in Norway.
Ingvar
Notes
[1] [2] [3] [4] http:/ / www. heimskringla. no/ original/ heimskringla/ ynglingasaga. php http:/ / www. sacred-texts. com/ neu/ heim/ 02ynglga. htm Storm corrects the name to Eysysla instead of Eycilla in his edition. Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegi: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brgger), p. 101. [5] Ekrem, Inger (editor), Lars Boje Mortensen (editor) and Peter Fisher (translator) (2003). Historia Norwegie. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-813-5, p. 79.
External links
Oliver Rand: Salme muinaslaevade leiukoht Rootsi kuninga surmaloosse selgust ei too (http://www.meiemaa. ee/index.php?content=artiklid&sub=1&artid=38597). Meie Maa, September 25, 2010.
Primary sources
Ynglingatal Ynglinga saga (part of the Heimskringla) Historia Norwegiae Thorsteins saga Vkingssonar
Secondary sources
Nerman, B. Det svenska rikets uppkomst. Stockholm, 1925.
Ingvar House of Yngling Precededby Semi-legendary king of Sweden Succeededby Slve Anund
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