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IL i Jf i/'/j" ; or that of Hakon Jarl the great. 3. The Skjoldimga ; 

 or that of HaralJ Hilditonn or the Danish branch. 



If we could admit that these genealogies are more or less 

 correct, and if we struck an average by generations (of thirty 

 years) the result would make Odin live about the beginning 

 of the Christian era ; if a longer average of life is allotted, he 

 would have lived some centuries before that date. But of 

 course the genealogies must be treated as in the main mythical. 



The Ynglingatal, 1 a genealogical poem, 2 composed for Eogn- 

 vald Heidumhceri (the uncle of Harald Fairhair), traces the 

 family of Eognvald through thirty generations up to Odin, 

 and being probably composed a little after 900, it would make 

 Odin live alont 100 lefore Christ. 



Ari in ch. 12 of Islendingabok traces his family through 

 thirty-seven degrees up to Yngvi Tyrkja King. 



These are the names of the forefathers of the Yngliugar and 

 Breidfirdingar (Men of Breidifjord) : 



1. Yngvi Tyrkjaking. -3. 



2. Fjord Sviaking. 24. 



3. Frey. 25. 



4. Fjolnir, who died at Prid-Frodi's. 



5. Svegdir. 26. 

 <!. Vaulandi. 27. 



7. Yisbur. 28. 



8. Dumaldi. 29. 



9. Dumar. 



10. Dyggvi. 



11. Dag. 30. 



12. Alrek. 31. 



13. AgLi. 32. 

 1-i. Yngvi. 



15. Jorund. 33. 



16. Aim the old. 34. 



17. Egil Yeudikraka. 



18. Ottar. 



19. Adils at Uppsalir. 35. 



20. EystL'in. 36. 



21. Yngvar. 



22. Braut-onund. 



Injgald the evil. 



Olaf, wood-chopper (tretelgja). 



Halfdao. Whiteleg Upplendinga- 



king. 

 fi odrod. 

 Olaf. 

 Helgi. 

 Ingjald, the son of the daughter 



of Sigurd, son of Kagnar Lod- 



brok. 



Oleif the white (king in Dublin). 

 Thor stein the red. 

 Glei Feilan, the first of them 



who settled in Iceland. 

 Thord gellir. 

 Eyjolf, who was baptized in his 



old age when Christianity 



came to Iceland. 

 Thorkel. 

 Gellir, the father of Thorkel and 



Brand ami Thorgils, Ari's 



father. 



As another example of these genealogies we give that of 



1 Cf. also Ynglinga Saga, and J'ru- 

 logue to Heimskringla. 



- The Tnglmjdtal is not given, as it 



is tedious, and would be uninterestiug 



tip tin- u-eiHTal reader. 



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