Eyfura

Princess in Norse mythology

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Eyfura was a princess in Norse mythology, who married Arngrim and had twelve sons. In all accounts, her twelve sons would be slain by the Swedish champion Hjalmar and his friend Orvar-Odd.

According to the Hervarar saga, versions U and H, she was the daughter of Svafrlami, the king of Gardariki.^[1]^[2] Her father was slain by Arngrim who took Eyfura as his wife by force. According to version R, her father's name was Sigrlami and he gave Eyfura to Arngrim in recompense for his services as war-chief.

In the Gesta Danorum, by Saxo Grammaticus, she was a Danish princess and the daughter of king Frodi. Arngrim asked for her hand, but it was only after Arngrim had defeated the Saamis, and the Bjarmians that Frodi agreed to let her marry Arngrim.

The family tree of legendary Kings of the Danes, according to the Gesta Danorum (Books I to VII)

Kings of the Danes are in bold and marked with an asterisk (*). Kings of the Swedes are marked with a dagger (†). Superscript numbers before a name indicate in which books of Gesta Danorum the individual is mentioned.

⁽¹⁾ Humble

KEY

⁽¹⁾ Angul ⁽¹⁾ Dan * ⁽¹⁾ Grytha Marriage or coupling

Parent and child

The Angles ⁽¹⁾ Humble * ⁽¹⁾ Lother * ⁽¹⁾ King of the Saxons Succession by other or unclear means

⁽¹⁾ Roar

⁽¹⁾ Sigtryg, King of the Swedes† ⁽¹⁾ Skiold * ⁽¹⁾ Alfhild

⁽¹⁾ daughter of Roar ⁽¹⁾ Bess

⁽¹⁾ sister of Gram ⁽¹⁾ Gróa ⁽¹⁾ Gram *† ⁽¹⁾ Sumble, King of the Finns

⁽¹⁾ Wagnhofde

⁽¹⁾ Signe ⁽¹⁾ Henry, King of the Saxons ⁽¹⁾ Hakon, King of the Nitherians

⁽¹⁾ Hardgrep

⁽¹⁾ Swipdag *†, King of Norway ⁽¹⁾ sister of Guthorm ⁽¹⁾ Guthorm * ^(1,2,5) Hadding * ⁽¹⁾ Ragnhild

⁽¹⁾ Asmund† ⁽¹⁾ Gunnhild ⁽¹⁾ Guthorm

^(1,2) Ulfhild ⁽²⁾ Ubbe*

⁽¹⁾ Henry ⁽¹⁾ Uffe† ^(1,2) Hunding† ⁽²⁾ Thorhild ⁽²⁾ Scot

⁽¹⁾ daughter of Uffe ⁽²⁾ Ragnar† ⁽²⁾ Swanhwid ⁽²⁾ sisters of Swanhwid ⁽²⁾ Handwan

⁽²⁾ Thorwald

^(2,5) Frode * ⁽²⁾ daughter of Handwan

^(2,3) Hothbrodd† ⁽²⁾ Halfdan * ⁽²⁾ Ro ⁽²⁾ Skat

⁽²⁾ Thora

^(2,3) Helge * ⁽²⁾ Ro *

^(2,3) Athisl† ⁽²⁾ Urse

^(2,3) King Gewar ^(2,3) Rolf *† Krage ⁽²⁾ Rute ⁽²⁾ Bjarke ⁽²⁾ Skulde ^(2,3) Hiartuar †*

^(2,3) Hother †* ⁽³⁾ Nanna ⁽³⁾ Herlek ⁽³⁾ Gerit

⁽³⁾ former King of Britain ⁽³⁾ mother of the King of Britain ⁽³⁾ a slave ⁽³⁾ a bondmaid ⁽³⁾ Rorik * ⁽³⁾ Gerwendil

^(3,4) King of Britain ^(3,4) Queen of Britain ^(3,4) Gerutha ^(3,4) Horwendil ^(3,4) Feng

^(3,4) foster sister of Amleth ^(3,4) daughter of the King of Britain ^(3,4) Amleth ⁽⁴⁾ Hermutrude, Queen of Scotland ⁽⁴⁾ Wiglek *

⁽⁴⁾ son of Amleth ⁽⁴⁾ Wermund * ⁽⁴⁾ Frowin, governor of Sleswik

⁽⁴⁾ Uffe *, aka Olaf the Gentle ⁽⁴⁾ daughter of Frowin ⁽⁴⁾ Ket ⁽⁴⁾ Wig

⁽⁴⁾ Dan *

⁽⁴⁾ Hugleik *

⁽⁴⁾ Frode * the Vigorous

⁽⁴⁾ Dan *

⁽⁵⁾ Kraka ⁽⁵⁾ Ragnar ⁽⁵⁾ Brak ^(4,5) Fridleif * the Swift ⁽⁵⁾ Hun, King of the Huns ⁽⁵⁾ Hun

⁽⁵⁾ Gotar, King of Norway ⁽⁵⁾ Westmar ⁽⁵⁾ Koll ⁽⁵⁾ Gotwar

⁽⁵⁾ Roller ^(5,6) Erik† Shrewd-spoken ⁽⁵⁾ Gunwar the Fair ⁽⁵⁾ Alfhild ^(5,6) Frode * ⁽⁵⁾ Hanund ⁽⁵⁾ Grep (eldest of three) ⁽⁵⁾ 11 other sons (two named Grep)

⁽⁶⁾ Hythin, King of Tellemark ⁽⁵⁾ Alf ⁽⁵⁾ Eyfura ⁽⁵⁾ Arngrim ⁽⁶⁾ Grubb ⁽⁶⁾ Hiarn* ⁽⁶⁾ Amund, King of Norway

⁽⁶⁾ child of Hythin ⁽⁶⁾ Halfdan† ⁽⁵⁾ 12 sons, including Anganty ⁽⁶⁾ Ane ⁽⁶⁾ Juritha ⁽⁶⁾ Fridleif * ⁽⁶⁾ Frogertha

⁽⁶⁾ Hanef, King of Saxony ⁽⁶⁾ Swerting, King of Saxony ⁽⁶⁾ Olaf ⁽⁶⁾ Frode*

^(6,7) Siward† ⁽⁶⁾ sons of Swerting ⁽⁶⁾ sister of the sons of Swerting ^(6,7) Ingild * ⁽⁶⁾ Helga ⁽⁶⁾ Helge ⁽⁶⁾ Asa

^(6,7) Frode ^(6,7) Fridleif ^(6,7) Ingild ^(6,7) Olaf* ⁽⁷⁾ Karl, governor of Gothland

⁽⁷⁾ Ulfhild ⁽⁷⁾ Frode* ⁽⁷⁾ Hather, a chief ⁽⁷⁾ Harald* ⁽⁷⁾ Signe

⁽⁷⁾ Erik† ⁽⁷⁾ Thorhild ⁽⁷⁾ Halfdan*† Biargramm ⁽⁷⁾ Harald

⁽⁷⁾ Asmund

Kings of Norway

Name spellings are derived from Oliver Elton's 1905 translation, The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, via Wikisource.

References

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^ Love, Jeffrey Scott (2013). The Reception of »Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century. Herbert Utz Verlag. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-3-8316-4225-0.
^ Jochens, Jenny (2016年11月11日). Old Norse Images of Women. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-5128-0281-8.

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