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Revision as of 12:49, 9 December 2004 by Wiglaf (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Yngvi or Ing appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr, which meant "lord". In Scandinavian mythology, the name appeared as the name for Freyr when he was a king of Sweden.
Yngvi, alternatively Yngve, was the progenitor of the Yngling lineage, 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 Frey, perhaps intended as Frey's true name while Frey 'Lord' is his common title. In the Ynglinga saga and in Gesta Danorum, Frey is euhemerized as a king of Sweden. In the Ynglinga saga, Yngvi-Frey reigned in succession to his father Njörd who in turn succeeded Odin. Yngvi-Frey's descendants were the Ynglings.
- In the Islendíngabók Yngvi Tyrkja konungr 'Yngvi king of Turkey' appears as father of Njörd who in turn is the father of Yngvi-Frey, the ancestor of the Ynglings.
- In the introduction to Snorri Sturluson's