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.
Huldr (non.)
Huld (en.)
The seeress in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga
in Heimskringla, who at the
request of Gísli and Öndr, the sons of King Vísburr, placed the curse on
the Ynglings such that a murderer of his own kin would never be lacking
in the Yngling race.
Gísli (non.)
Gisli (en.)
One of the sons of the sons of King Vísburr in in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in Heimskringla who tried to recover their mother's
dowry from their father and had the seeress Huldr place a curse on the
Ynglings when he refused. The two brothers then murdered their
father.
Öndr (non.)
Ond (en.)
One of the sons of King Vísburr in Ynglinga
Saga, the first saga in Heimskringla, who tried to recover their mother's dowry
from their father and had the seeress Huldr place a curse on the
Ynglings when he refused. The brothers later murdered their
father.
Vísburr (non.)
Visbur (en.)
A king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in
Heimskringla, who was burned
to death in his hall by his sons because he had rejected their mother
and refused to return her dowery.
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.