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The legendary kings of Sweden are the long line of Swedish kings who preceded Eric the Victorious, according to sources such as the Norse Sagas, Beowulf, Rimbert, Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus, but who are of disputed historicity because many of them appear in more or less unreliable sources. They are called ''sagokonungar'' or ''sagokungar'' in Swedish, meaning "Saga kings" according to the etymology given by SAOB. In sources such as Heimskringla and Ynglinga saga there appear early Swedish kings who belong in the domain of mythology. From about the 6th century, these kings are gradually succeeded by semi-legendary kings with at least partial claim to historicity, who were all depicted as descendents of the House of Ynglings/Scylfings, either in direct royal line, or through the House of Ragnar Lodbrok and the house of Skjöldung (Scylding). A historical basis of some of the mythological kings was one of the last of Thor Heyerdahl's archeo-anthropological theories, as in ''The Search for Odin''. Such suggestions are generally considered speculative, not scientific, but while there is no historiographical tradition that would confirm the historicity of Swedish kings prior to the 6th century, it is safe to assume that the ''Suiones'', as a tribe mentioned by Tacitus in the 1st century AD, did have kings (Common Germanic *''kuningaz'') during the prehistoric period. ==House of Ynglings/Scylfings == The list is mainly based on the Ynglinga saga, in turn based on the Ynglingatal. In addition, Snorri uses a king Gylfe in his prologue to his Edda. The genealogy is traced to Odin himself (as are the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies). Odin is euhemerised as an Asian noble with a genealogy going back to the Trojans. King Fjölnir, the 4th generation after Odin, in the ''Grottisongr'' is named a contemporary of Caesar Augustus, placing him late in the 1st century BC. The kings following Fjölnir based on internal chronology would then span the 1st to 7th centuries AD.〔 The date of Eadgils is inferred from the date of Hygelac's raid on Frisia (c. 516) For more information see e.g. Birger Nerman's ''Det svenska rikets uppkomst'', Elisabeth Klingmark's ''Gamla Uppsala, Svenska kulturminnen 59'', Riksantikvarieämbetet (2013), Lars Ulwencreutz, ''The Royal Families in Europe'' vol. 5 (2013), (p. 472 ).〕 The later Yngling kings of the Vendel Period (6th to 7th century) may well correspond to historical rulers, even if biographical detail from the ''Heimskringla'' has to be considered legendary; the kings Egil, Ottar and Ale are also attested in ''Beowulf''. After Ingjald, Snorri does not relate any further stories of Swedish kings, and follows the descendants of the house to Norway. *Odin *Njord *Yngvi-Frey *Fjölnir (1st century BC) *Sveigder (1st century AD) *Vanlade *Visburr *Domalde (c. 2nd century) *Domarr *Dyggve *Dag the Wise/Dagr Spaka (c. 3rd century) *Agne (c. early 4th century) *Erik and Alrik *Yngvi and Alf *Hugleik *Haki *Jorund (c. late 4th century) *Aun and Ale the Strong (c. 5th century) *Egil (Ongentheow) (c. late 5th to early 6th century) *Ottar (Ohthere) *Ale (Onela) *Adils (Eadgils) (c. 530–575) *Östen (late 6th century) *Sölve (late 6th to early 7th century) *Ingvar (early 7th century) *Anund (early to mid 7th century) *Ingjald (mid 7th century) 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「List of legendary kings of Sweden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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