Werenskiold, Erik
(no.)
b. 1855
d. 1938
Nationality: Norwegian
Werenskiold was a painter and illustrator who was in charge of the
illustrations and the team of artists for Gustav Storm's editions of
Kongesagaer in 1899 and 1900.
Yrsa (non.)
a queen in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in
Heimskringla, who was told by
Queen Álöf hin ríka that Yrsa's husband, King Helgi, was in fact her own
father, and that she, Alof, was her mother. The incestuous product of
Yrsa's marriage to Helgi was the hero Hrólfr Kraki.
Álöf hin
ríka
(non.)
Alof the
Powerful
(en.)
A queen in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in
Heimskringla, who told Queen
Yrsa that her husband, King Helgi, was in fact her own father, and that
she, Álöf, was her mother. The incestuous product of Yrsa's marriage to
Helgi was the hero Hrólfr Kraki.
Snorri
Sturluson
(is.)
b. 1179
d. 1241
Nationality: Icelandic
Snorri was an Icelandic statesman, scholar, and author who is credited
with writing Heimskringla, The
Prose Edda, and possibly Egil's
Saga.
Kongesagaer (1899 ed.)
The first edition of Gustaf Storm's Norwegian translation of Heimskringla.
Heimskringla
History of the Kings of Norway
This account of the history of the kings of Norway and is generally
believed to have been written by Snorri Sturluson in Iceland in 1230. It
begins with the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, who were the
subject matter of the skaldic poem Ynglingtal, and ends with the reign
of the Norwegian king, Magnus Erlingson (died 1184).
Ynglinga saga
Ynglingesoga
Saga of the Ynglings
The first saga in Heimskringla,
which is based the nineth-century skaldic poem, Ynglingatal, concerning
the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings.
