Skjöldr

Skjöldr

Skjöldr (Latinized as Skioldus, sometimes Anglicized as Skjold or Skiold) was among the first legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned in the Prose Edda, in "Ynglinga saga", in "Chronicon Lethrense", in Sven Aggesen's history, in Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin abstract of the lost "Skjöldunga saga" and in Saxo Grammaticus' "Gesta Danorum". Under the name Scyld he also appears in the Old English poem "Beowulf". The various accounts have little in common.

In the "Skjöldunga" and the "Ynglinga sagas", Odin came from Asia and conquered Northern Europe. He gave Sweden to his son Yngvi and Denmark to his son Skjöldr. Since then the kings of Sweden were called Ynglings and those of Denmark Skjöldungs (Scyldings).

Gesta Danorum

In "Gesta Danorum", Skioldus is the son of Lotherus, a wicked king who met his end in an insurrection.

References

* Davidson, Hilda Ellis (ed.) and Peter Fisher (tr.) (1999). "Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX". Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. ISBN 0859915026. First published 1979-1980.
* Elton, Oliver (tr.) (1905). "The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus". New York: Norroena Society. [http://omacl.org/DanishHistory/ Available online]
* Olrik, J. and H. Ræder (1931). "Saxo Grammaticus : Gesta Danorum". [http://www.kb.dk/elib/lit/dan/saxo/lat/or.dsr/index.htm Available online]


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