Heimskringla
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Heimskringla is the best known of the Old Norwegian kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland. While authorship of Heimskringla is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by
Gerhard Munthe, Kringla Heimsins, illustration for Ynglinga Saga
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Yngling
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The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem Ynglingatal. The dynasty also appears as Scylfings in Beowulf. When Beowulf and Ynglingat
Heimskringla
…Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about Swedish and Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish-Norwegian dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177…
The Yngling Ingjald slaying his kinsmen.
Alrek and Eirík fighting.
Yngvi and Alf slaying each other.
The Battle of Bråvalla.