Ynglinga Saga

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ynglinga saga (Ynglingesagaen) is a legendary saga, originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. It was first translated into English and published in 1844. Snorri Sturluson based his work on an earlier Ynglingatal which is attributed to the Norwegian 9th century skald jlfr of Hvinir, and which also appears in Historia Norwegiae. It tells the most ancient part of the story of the House of Ynglings (Scylfings in Beowulf). Snorri described the descent of the kings of Norway from this royal house of Sweden. Ynglinga saga is the first part of Snorri's history of the ancient Norse kings, the Heimskringla. Snorri's works covers the history of the Norwegian kings from the mythical prehistoric age until the year 1177, with the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla. Interwoven in this narrative is woven into references to important historical events.