Now
we shall speak of how Norway was founded in the beginning, how the
line of kings began there or in other lands, and why they are called
Skjoldungs, Budlungs, Bragnings, Odlings, Volsungs or Niflungs, from
which the lines of kings come.
There
was a man named Fjornot.
He had three sons; one was named Hler, the second Logi, and the third
Kari.
He ruled the winds, but Logi ruled fire, and Hler ruled the sea. Kariwas the father of Jokul,
the Glacier, father of King Snae,
Snow. The sons of King Snae were Thorri,
Fonn, Drifa and Mjoll. Thorri
was a wonderful king. He ruled Gotland, Kaenland, and Finland. He
celebrated Kaens so that snow was made and travel on skis was good.
That is their beginning. The celebration is held in the middle of
winter, and from that time on was called the month of Thorri. Of
Fjornjot and His Kinsmen
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(Old
Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the father
of Kári
(a
personification of wind), of Logi (a personification of fire), and of
Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the sea) and a king of Finland. The
meaning of the name is not clear, It might possibly be from forn
'old' + jótr 'Jutlander' or possibly 'giant' (Finnish 'jätti' -
giant) or might be from for 'early' + njótr 'destroyer'.
Fornjót
is also, following a particular legendary genealogical tradition, the
first-known direct paternal ancestor of WilliamI of England
and also through other supposed descendants a terminal ancestor of
ascending branches of many European noble families and modern
Icelandic families. Contents [hide] 1 Fornjót in the texts 2
Ægir 3 Logi 3.1 In the Gylfaginning 3.2 In the Saga of Thorstein
Víking's son 4 Kári 5 More traditions about persons named Frosti
and Logi 5.1 Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling 6
Alternative spellings [edit] Fornjót in the texts
Fornjót is mentioned only twice in old verse: in stanza 29 of
Ynglingatal where "son of Fornjót" seems to refer to fire
and in a citation in Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál: How
should the wind be periphrased? Thus: call it son of Fornjót,
Brother of the Sea and of Fire, Scathe or Ruin or Hound or Wolf of
the Wood or of the Sail or of the Rigging. Thus spake Svein in
the Nordrsetu-drápa: First began to fly Fornjót's
sons ill-shapen.
Fornjót
is
listed as a giant (jötun) in one of the thulur sometimes included in
editions of the Skáldskaparmál. This is as expected, since
Fornjót's son Ægir is also identified as a giant in various
sources. In the Orkneyinga saga and in Hversu Noregr byggdist
('How Norway was settled')-both found in the Flatey Book-Fornjót
appears as an ancient ruler of Finland and Kvenland. He is the father
of three sons named Ægir or Hlér, Logi 'flame', and Kári.
The Hversu account says further that Hlér ruled over the seas, Logi
over fire, and Kári over wind. [edit] Ægir For more on Ægir
see Ægir. [edit] Logi [edit] In the Gylfaginning Logi appears by
that name in the Gylfaginning in the tale of Thor's journey to the
halls of Útgard-loki where he was pitted against Logi in an eating
contest. The contestants appeared to be equal in speed at eating meat
from the bone, but Logi also consumed the bones as well and even the
wooden trencher. Útgard-loki afterwards explained that Logi was
really fire itself. [edit] In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son
The beginning of Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar ('Saga of Thorstein
son of Víking') brings in a king named Logi who ruled the country
north of Norway. Logi was the handsomest of men, but with the
strength and size of the giants from whom he was descended. (Logi's
ancestry is here not otherwise specified.) Because Loge was larger
and stronger than any other man in land, his name was lengthened from
Logi to Hálogi 'High-Logi' and from that name the country was called
Hálogaland 'Hálogi's-land' (modern Hålogaland or Halogaland).
The saga tells that Hálogi's wife was Glöd (Gloð 'glad'), the
daughter of Grím (Grímr) of Grímsgard (Grímsgarðr) in Jötunheim
in the far north and her mother was Alvör (Alvor) the sister of King
Álf the Old ('Álfr hinn gamli') of Álfheim. Or perhaps, the name
of Hálogi's wife should be rendered instead as Glód (Glóð
'red-hot embers') if this Logi is indeed either identical or confused
with Logi as a personification of fire. The names of his daughters in
this account were Eisa 'glowing embers' and Eimyrja 'embers', the
fairest women in the land, whose names were later applied to the
things which became their meaning, certain indication of the original
fiery nature of their father. (Wife and daughters are sometimes
wrongly ascribed to Loki rather than Logi in secondary sources.)
Two of Hálogi's jarls named Véseti and Vífil (Vífill) abducted
Hálogi's daughters and fled the country. At that point Hálogi is
out of the story. Véseti settled in Borgundarhólm (Bornholm) where
Eisa bore him two sons named Búi and Sigurd Cape (Sigurðr Kápa).
Vífil fled farther east to an island named Vífilsey 'Vífil's Isle'
where Eimyrja bore him a son named Víking (Víkingr) who was father
of Thorstein (Þorsteinn) the hero of the saga. Víking is made out
to be a contemporary of a King Ólaf (Ólafr) who is said to be the
brother of King Önund (Onundr) of Sweden. Descendants of Thorstein
appear in Fridthjófs saga ins frækna (Friðþjófs saga ins frækna
'Saga of Fridthjof the Bold') and in the Starkad section of Gautreks
saga 'Gautrek's saga'. This account cannot be reconiciled with
the account in the Hversu and Orkneyinga saga without assuming
multiple figures with the same names. In Thorsteins saga
Víkingssonar, Logi (a descendant of giants) is the husband to a
niece of King Álf the Old of Álfheim who himself is the husband of
Bergdís the daughter of King Raum (Raumr) of Raumaríki. In the
other accounts Logi is the brother of Kári who is a distant ancestor
of Raum the Old who is father of Álf or Finnálf (Finnálfr), king
of Álfheim. [edit] Kári Kári is mentioned in one of the thulur
as a term for wind. Otherwise this personage appears only in the
Hversu and Orkneyinga saga accounts where Kári appears to be the
heir to his father's kingdoms as in the Hversu Kári's descendants
emerge also as rulers of Finland and Kvenland. Kári is father of a
son who is named Frosti ('frost') according to the Orkneyinga saga
but named Jökul (jokull 'icicle, ice, glacier') according to the
Hversu. This son in turn is the father of Snær the Old (Snærr inn
gamli 'Snow the Old'). See Snær to follow this lineage further.
[edit] More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi In the
Ynglinga saga the names Logi and Frosti are otherwise connected when
it relates that King Agni of Sweden in a raid on Finland killed
Frosti, the leader of the Finns who opposed him and captured Skjálf,
Frosti's daughter, and her brother Logi. (But the verse of the
Ynglingtal quoted here as confirmation says only that Skjálf is
Logi's kin.) For Skjálf's marriage to Agni and her vengeance on him
see Agni. Agni himself, as discussed under Snær, is here a
descendant of Snær through Snær's daughter Drífa who married King
Vanlandi of Sweden. [edit] Fornjót as an ancestor of the House
of Yngling
Now
we shall speak of how Norway was founded in the beginning, how the
line of kings began there or in other lands, and why they are called
Skjoldungs, Budlungs, Bragnings, Odlings, Volsungs or Niflungs, from
which the lines of kings come.
There
was a man named Fjornot. He had three sons; one was named Hler, the
second Logi, and the third Kari. He ruled the winds, but Logi ruled
fire, and Hler ruled the sea. Kari was the father of Jokul, the
Glacier, father of King Snae, Snow. The sons of King Snae were
Thorri, Fonn, Drifa and Mjoll. Thorri was a wonderful king. He ruled
Gotland, Kaenland, and Finland. He celebrated Kaens so that snow was
made and travel on skis was good. That is their beginning. The
celebration is held in the middle of winter, and from that time on
was called the month of Thorri.
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Fornjót
(Old Norse Fornjótr) is an ancient giant in Norse mythology, the
father of Kári (a personification of wind), of Logi (a
personification of fire), and of Hlér or Ægir (the ruler of the
sea) and a king of Finland. The meaning of the name is not clear, It
might possibly be from forn 'old' + jótr 'Jutlander' or possibly
'giant' (Finnish 'jätti' - giant) or might be from for 'early' +
njótr 'destroyer'. Fornjót is also, following a particular
legendary genealogical tradition, the first-known direct paternal
ancestor of William I of England and also through other supposed
descendants a terminal ancestor of ascending branches of many
European noble families and modern Icelandic families.
Contents
[hide]
1
Fornjót in the texts
2
Ægir
3
Logi
3.1
In the Gylfaginning
3.2
In the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son
4
Kári
5
More traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi
5.1
Fornjót as an ancestor of the House of Yngling
6
Alternative spellings
[edit]
Fornjót
in the texts
Fornjót
is mentioned only twice in old verse: in stanza 29 of Ynglingatal
where "son of Fornjót" seems to refer to fire and in a
citation in Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál:
How
should the wind be periphrased? Thus: call it son of Fornjót,
Brother of the Sea and of Fire, Scathe or Ruin or Hound or Wolf of
the Wood or of the Sail or of the Rigging.
Thus
spake Svein in the Nordrsetu-drápa:
First
began to fly
Fornjót's
sons ill-shapen.
Fornjót
is listed as a giant (jötun) in one of the thulur sometimes included
in editions of the Skáldskaparmál. This is as expected, since
Fornjót's son Ægir is also identified as a giant in various
sources.
In
the Orkneyinga saga and in Hversu Noregr byggdist ('How Norway was
settled')-both found in the Flatey Book-Fornjót appears as an
ancient ruler of Finland and Kvenland. He is the father of three sons
named Ægir or Hlér, Logi 'flame', and Kári. The Hversu account
says further that Hlér ruled over the seas, Logi over fire, and Kári
over wind.
[edit]
Ægir
For
more on Ægir see Ægir.
[edit]
Logi
[edit]
In
the Gylfaginning
Logi
appears by that name in the Gylfaginning in the tale of Thor's
journey to the halls of Útgard-loki where he was pitted against Logi
in an eating contest. The contestants appeared to be equal in speed
at eating meat from the bone, but Logi also consumed the bones as
well and even the wooden trencher. Útgard-loki afterwards explained
that Logi was really fire itself.
[edit]
In
the Saga of Thorstein Víking's son
The
beginning of Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar ('Saga of Thorstein son of
Víking') brings in a king named Logi who ruled the country north of
Norway. Logi was the handsomest of men, but with the strength and
size of the giants from whom he was descended. (Logi's ancestry is
here not otherwise specified.) Because Loge was larger and stronger
than any other man in land, his name was lengthened from Logi to
Hálogi 'High-Logi' and from that name the country was called
Hálogaland 'Hálogi's-land' (modern Hålogaland or Halogaland).
The
saga tells that Hálogi's wife was Glöd (Gloð 'glad'), the daughter
of Grím (Grímr) of Grímsgard (Grímsgarðr) in Jötunheim in the
far north and her mother was Alvör (Alvor) the sister of King Álf
the Old ('Álfr hinn gamli') of Álfheim. Or perhaps, the name of
Hálogi's wife should be rendered instead as Glód (Glóð 'red-hot
embers') if this Logi is indeed either identical or confused with
Logi as a personification of fire. The names of his daughters in this
account were Eisa 'glowing embers' and Eimyrja 'embers', the fairest
women in the land, whose names were later applied to the things which
became their meaning, certain indication of the original fiery nature
of their father. (Wife and daughters are sometimes wrongly ascribed
to Loki rather than Logi in secondary sources.)
Two
of Hálogi's jarls named Véseti and Vífil (Vífill) abducted
Hálogi's daughters and fled the country. At that point Hálogi is
out of the story. Véseti settled in Borgundarhólm (Bornholm) where
Eisa bore him two sons named Búi and Sigurd Cape (Sigurðr Kápa).
Vífil fled farther east to an island named Vífilsey 'Vífil's Isle'
where Eimyrja bore him a son named Víking (Víkingr) who was father
of Thorstein (Þorsteinn) the hero of the saga. Víking is made out
to be a contemporary of a King Ólaf (Ólafr) who is said to be the
brother of King Önund (Onundr) of Sweden. Descendants of Thorstein
appear in Fridthjófs saga ins frækna (Friðþjófs saga ins frækna
'Saga of Fridthjof the Bold') and in the Starkad section of Gautreks
saga 'Gautrek's saga'.
This
account cannot be reconiciled with the account in the Hversu and
Orkneyinga saga without assuming multiple figures with the same
names. In Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar, Logi (a descendant of
giants) is the husband to a niece of King Álf the Old of Álfheim
who himself is the husband of Bergdís the daughter of King Raum
(Raumr) of Raumaríki. In the other accounts Logi is the brother of
Kári who is a distant ancestor of Raum the Old who is father of Álf
or Finnálf (Finnálfr), king of Álfheim.
[edit]
Kári
Kári
is mentioned in one of the thulur as a term for wind. Otherwise this
personage appears only in the Hversu and Orkneyinga saga accounts
where Kári appears to be the heir to his father's kingdoms as in the
Hversu Kári's descendants emerge also as rulers of Finland and
Kvenland. Kári is father of a son who is named Frosti ('frost')
according to the Orkneyinga saga but named Jökul (jokull 'icicle,
ice, glacier') according to the Hversu. This son in turn is the
father of Snær the Old (Snærr inn gamli 'Snow the Old').
See
Snær to follow this lineage further.
[edit]
More
traditions about persons named Frosti and Logi
In
the Ynglinga saga the names Logi and Frosti are otherwise connected
when it relates that King Agni of Sweden in a raid on Finland killed
Frosti, the leader of the Finns who opposed him and captured Skjálf,
Frosti's daughter, and her brother Logi. (But the verse of the
Ynglingtal quoted here as confirmation says only that Skjálf is
Logi's kin.) For Skjálf's marriage to Agni and her vengeance on him
see Agni. Agni himself, as discussed under Snær, is here a
descendant of Snær through Snær's daughter Drífa who married King
Vanlandi of Sweden.
[edit]
Fornjót
as an ancestor of the House of Yngling
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