Yngvi and Alf

Yngvi and Alf

Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling.

According to "Ynglingatal", "Historia Norwegiae" and "Ynglinga saga", Yngvi and Alf were the sons of Alrik.

Snorri Sturluson relates that Yngvi was an accomplished king: a great warrior who always won his battles, the master of all exercises, generous, happy and sociable. He was both loved and famous.

Alf was unsociable and harsh and stayed at home instead of pillaging in other countries. His mother was Dageid, the daughter of king Dag the Great from whom is descended the Dagling family. Alf was married to Bera who was happy and alert and a very lovable woman.

One day in the autumn, Yngvi returned to Uppsala from a very successful Viking expedition which had rendered him famous. He used to spend time at the drinking table until late in the night, like Bera, and they found it pleasant to talk to each other. Alf, however, preferred to go to bed early and he started to tell her to go to bed early as well so that she did not wake him. Then Bera used to answer that Yngvi was much better for a woman than Alf, an answer that was getting on Alf's nerves.

One evening, the jealous Alf entered the hall and saw Yngvi and Bera converse on the high seat. Yngvi had a short sword in his lap and the other guests were too drunk to see that Alf had arrived. From under his cloak Alf drew a sword and pierced Yngvi. Yngvi, mortally wounded, got up, drew his own short sword and slew Alf. They were buried in two mounds on the Fyrisvellir (Fyris Wolds).

Alf was succeeded by his son Hugleik.

The poem in "Ynglingatal":

The "Historia Norwegiæ" presents a Latin summary of "Ynglingatal", older than Snorri's quotation:"Ingjaldr" is held to be an error for "Yngvi". [Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). "Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen", Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p. 99.] Unlike "Ynglingatal", "Historia Norwegiæ" gives Agne as Yngvi's predecessor. Instead Alrekr precedes Agne and Agne is succeeded by Yngvi. The even earlier source "Íslendingabók" cites the line of descent in "Ynglingatal" and it gives the same line of succession as "Historia Norwegiæ": "xi Dagr. xii Alrekr. xiii Agni. xiiii Yngvi. xv Jörundr". [ [http://www.heimskringla.no/original/islendingesagaene/islendingabok.php Guðni Jónsson's edition of Íslendingabók] ]

Hervarar Saga and the Saga of Orvar-Odd

In the Hervarar saga and the saga of Orvar-Odd, Yngvi was the father of Ingeborg, the princess who was in love with the Swedish hero Hjalmar.

Ari Frodi's Younger Íslendingabók

According to Ari Frodi's line of Swedish kings Yngvi was the son of Agne, and not of Agne's son Alrik.

Gesta Danorum

In Gesta Danorum, Alf (Alverus) was the father of Yngve (Ing) and Ingjald (Ingild). Ingjald, in his turn was the father of Sigurd Ring and the grandfather of Ragnar Lodbrok.

Notes

Primary sources

*Ynglingatal
*Ynglinga saga (part of the Heimskringla)
*Historia Norwegiae
*Hervarar saga
*Orvar-Odd's saga
*Íslendingabók

econdary sources

Nerman, B. "Det svenska rikets uppkomst". Stockholm, 1925.
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