''Frá Fornjóti ok hans ættmönnum'' (
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...
for "Of
Fornjót
Fornjót (Old Norse: ''Fornjótr'') is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Hlér ('sea'), Logi ('fire') and Kári ('wind'). It is also the name of a legendary king of " Finnland and Kvenland". The principal study of this figure i ...
and His Kinsmen") is
legendary saga
A legendary saga or ''fornaldarsaga'' (literally, "story/history of the ancient era") is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the settlement of Iceland.The article ''Fornaldarsagor'' in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (1991 ...
consisting of a collection of three works on the foundation of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
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Hversu Noregr byggðist
''Hversu Noregr byggðist'' ( non, How Norway was inhabited) is an account of the origin of various legendary Norwegian lineages, which survives only in the ''Flateyjarbók''. It traces the descendants of the primeval Fornjót, a king of ''"Gotlan ...
'' ("How Norway was inhabited")
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Fundinn Noregr'' ("Foundation of Norway")
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Af Upplendinga konungum
Af Upplendinga konunum is a short tale of the Norwegian part of the so-called Yngling. The saga consists of two short chapters in just over one book page, and is reproduced in Hauksbók. Hauksbók: 456-457 '' Af Upplendinga konunum '' does not ex ...
'' ("Of the Kings of the Uplands")
External links
Norrøne Tekster og Kvad: Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda
* ttp://www.germanicmythology.com/FORNALDARSAGAS/FraFornjotiHardman.html English translation by Gavin Chappell with Facing Old Norse Text
Legendary sagas
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