Yrsa (2)

Yrsa (non.)
A queen in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in Heimskringla. She was told by Queen Álöf hin ríka that Yrsa's husband, King Helgi, was in fact her own father, and that Alof was her mother. The hero Hrólfr Kraki was the incestuous product of Yrsa's marriage to Helgi.

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