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| '''Yngvi''' was the progenitor of the ]s, a legendary dynasty of Swedish kings from whom the earliest historical Norwegian kings in turn claimed to be descended. Information on Yngvi varies in different traditions as follows: | '''Yngvi''' was the progenitor of the ]s, a legendary dynasty of Swedish kings from whom the earliest historical Norwegian kings in turn claimed to be descended. Information on Yngvi varies in different traditions as follows: | ||
| # Yngvi is a name of the god ], perhaps intended as Freyr's true name while ] 'Lord' is his common title. In ]'s ''Heimskringla'' Yngvi-] is euhemerized as a king of Sweden who reigned in succession to his father ] who in turn succeeded ]. His descendants are the Ynglings.<br><br> | # Yngvi is a name of the god ], perhaps intended as Freyr's true name while ] 'Lord' is his common title. In the Yngling Saga section of ]'s ''Heimskringla'' Yngvi-] is euhemerized as a king of Sweden who reigned in succession to his father ] who in turn succeeded ]. His descendants are the Ynglings.<br><br> | ||
| # In the Islendíngabók ''Yngvi Tyrkja konungr'' 'Yngvi king of Turkey' appears as father of ] who in turn is the father of Yngvi-] the ancestor of the Ynglings.(Note: ] as a unified country upon the ]n peninsula, did not exist during that time.)<br><br> | # In the Islendíngabók ''Yngvi Tyrkja konungr'' 'Yngvi king of Turkey' appears as father of ] who in turn is the father of Yngvi-] the ancestor of the Ynglings. (Note: ] as a unified country upon the ]n peninsula, did not exist during that time.)<br><br> | ||
| # In the introduction to ]'s ''Edda'' Snorri claims again that Odin reigned in Sweden and relates: "Odin had with him one of his sons called Yngvi, who was king in Sweden after him; and those houses come from him that are named Ynglings". Snorri here |
# In the introduction to ]'s ''Edda'' Snorri claims again that Odin reigned in Sweden and relates: "Odin had with him one of his sons called Yngvi, who was king in Sweden after him; and those houses come from him that are named Ynglings". Snorri here does not identify Yngvi and Freyr.<br><br> | ||
| # In the Skáldskaparmal section of ]'s ''Edda'' Snorri introduces Hálfdan the Old, otherwise unknown, who is the father of nine sons whose names are all words meaning 'king' or 'lord' in Old Norse and nine other sons who are the forefathers of various royal dynasties, including "Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended". But rather oddly Snorri immediately follows this with information on what should be four other personages who were not sons of Hálfdan but who fathered dynasties, but names the first of these as "Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended". | # In the Skáldskaparmal section of ]'s ''Edda'' Snorri introduces Hálfdan the Old, otherwise unknown, who is the father of nine sons whose names are all words meaning 'king' or 'lord' in Old Norse and nine other sons who are the forefathers of various royal dynasties, including "Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended". But rather oddly Snorri immediately follows this with information on what should be four other personages who were not sons of Hálfdan but who fathered dynasties, but names the first of these as "Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended". | ||
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(The Yngling Saga section of ]'s ''Heimskringla'' also introduces a second Yngvi son of Alric who is a descendant of Yngvi-Freyr and who shared the Swedish kingship with his brother Alf.) | ||
| ⚫ | Alternative: Yngve. | ||
| Also considered likely is a connection to the ] also known commonly as the ] mentioned by ] as one of the three primitive Germanic tribes descended from Mannus (the first man) son of Tuisto, being the peoples closest to the sea. In ] we find ''Mannus'' corrupted to Alanus and ''Ingio''/''Inguio'' ? his son to Neugio. Here the three sons of Neugio are Vandalus (ancestor of the ], Saxo (father of the ]) and Boganus (ancestor of the Bogari). | |||
| ] is often used in historical linguistics for the supposed Germanic proto-language from which English, Frisian and Low German descends. | |||
| The element ''Ing-'' in Old English names is usually considered cognate to ''Yngvi'' | |||
| The ] contains these obscure lines: | |||
| :''Ing wæs ærest mid Eástdenum''<br> | |||
| :''gesewen secgum, oð he síððan eást''<br> | |||
| :''ofer wæg gewát. wæn æfter ran.''<br> | |||
| :''þus Heardingas þone hæle nemdon.'' | |||
| Jacob Grimm in his ''Teutonic Mythology'' and many others consider it likely that the same figure lies behind Ing/Ingo/Ingui, the legendary eponymous ancestor of the ]. | |||
| :Ing was first amidst the East Danes<br> | |||
| :so seen, until he went eastward<br> | |||
| :over the sea. His wagon ran after.<br> | |||
| :Thus the Heardings named that hero. | |||
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Alternative: Yngve.
Yngvi was the progenitor of the House of Ynglings, a legendary dynasty of Swedish kings from whom the earliest historical Norwegian kings in turn claimed to be descended. Information on Yngvi varies in different traditions as follows:
- Yngvi is a name of the god Freyr, perhaps intended as Freyr's true name while Freyr 'Lord' is his common title. In the Yngling Saga section of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla Yngvi-Freyr is euhemerized as a king of Sweden who reigned in succession to his father Njord who in turn succeeded Odin. His descendants are the Ynglings.
- In the Islendíngabók Yngvi Tyrkja konungr 'Yngvi king of Turkey' appears as father of Njord who in turn is the father of Yngvi-Freyr the ancestor of the Ynglings. (Note: Turkey as a unified country upon the Anatolian peninsula, did not exist during that time.)
- In the introduction to Snorri Sturluson's Edda Snorri claims again that Odin reigned in Sweden and relates: "Odin had with him one of his sons called Yngvi, who was king in Sweden after him; and those houses come from him that are named Ynglings". Snorri here does not identify Yngvi and Freyr.
- In the Skáldskaparmal section of Snorri Sturluson's Edda Snorri introduces Hálfdan the Old, otherwise unknown, who is the father of nine sons whose names are all words meaning 'king' or 'lord' in Old Norse and nine other sons who are the forefathers of various royal dynasties, including "Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended". But rather oddly Snorri immediately follows this with information on what should be four other personages who were not sons of Hálfdan but who fathered dynasties, but names the first of these as "Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended".
(The Yngling Saga section of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla also introduces a second Yngvi son of Alric who is a descendant of Yngvi-Freyr and who shared the Swedish kingship with his brother Alf.)
Jacob Grimm in his Teutonic Mythology and many others consider it likely that the same figure lies behind Ing/Ingo/Ingui, the legendary eponymous ancestor of the Ingvaeones.