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:''Also see Alaric for the Gothic kings.'' Alaric and Eric (Old Norse '' Alrekr '' and '' Eiríkr ''), were two legendary kings of Sweden. == In the ''Ynglinga saga'' == According to the ''Ynglinga saga'', Alaric and Eric were sons and heirs of the previous king Agni by his wife Skjálf. They shared the kingship. They were mighty both in war and sport, but were especially skillful horsmen and vied with one another about their horsemanship and their horses. One day they rode off from their retinue and did not return. They were found dead with their heads battered but no weapons with them save the bridle bits of their horses. Accordingly it was believed that they had quarreled and come to blows and had slain each other with their bridle bits. They were succeeded by Alaric's sons Yngvi and Alf. However, in other sources, only Alaric died, and in the piece of Ynglingatal quoted by Snorri Sturluson it is only Alaric who dies explicitly. Eric's death seems to be a misunderstanding on Snorri's part due to an influence from the succeeding kings (see also the other sources below): ''Ynglingatal'' then gives Yngvi and Alf as Alrek's and Eirík's successors. The ''Historia Norwegiæ'' presents a Latin summary of ''Ynglingatal'', older than Snorri's quotation: ''Hogna'' is an error for Agne.〔Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). ''Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen'', Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p. 99.〕 Unlike ''Ynglingatal'', ''Historia Norwegiæ'' gives Dagr as Alrekr's predecessor. Instead Alrekr precedes Agne and Agne is succeeded by Yngvi (incorrectly called ''Ingialdr''〔). The even earlier source ''Íslendingabók'' cites the line of descent in ''Ynglingatal'' and it gives the same line of succession as ''Historia Norwegiæ'': '' xi Dagr. xii Alrekr. xiii Agni. xiiii Yngvi''.〔(Guðni Jónsson's edition of Íslendingabók )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alaric and Eric」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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