- The Wulfings,
Wylfings or
Ylfings (the name
means the "wolf clan") was a
powerful clan in Beowulf,
Widsith and in the
Norse sagas.
While the poet of Beowulf...
- Högne of East Götaland, and his son-in-law was the
seaking Hjörvard of the
Ylfings as he was
married to Hildagun.
These three kings defended themselves against...
-
Heimskringla we
learn that Högne was the father-in-law of the
Ylfing Hjörvard.
Since both are
Ylfings or
married into the clan, the
battle between Helgi and...
- lineages,
followed by: "Of the
house of the
Ylfings was Eirík the
Eloquent (Eiríkr inn máls****)." But
Ylfings have not been
previously mentioned. Then follows...
-
characters (
Ylfings, Högni and Granmarr)
place the
events in Östergötland and Södermanland. The poem is also
ambiguous in
attributing Helgi to the
Ylfing, Yngling...
-
originally appears to have been a
separate tradition connected to the
Ylfings.
Mythological material in this
cycle includes some
twenty Edda
poems and...
- the
Ylfings was Eirík the
Eloquent [Eiríkr inn máls****]. The Skjöldungs and
Skilfings mentioned in the Hyndluljód are
missing here. The
Ylfings are suddenly...
-
appears to
originally have been part of the
separate tradition of the
Ylfings), and form the
material of the epic
poems in the
Elder Edda and of Völsunga...
- the name for line and dynasty.
Examples of clans: Wægmunding, in Beowulf.
Ylfing or
Wulfing in
Beowulf and
Norse Sagas.
Scylfing (Yngling) Skjöldung (Scylding)...
-
Married Hildagun daughter of Granmer. Most
likely descendant of Helm.
Helgi Ylfing 7th century,
probably a king of East Götaland in the
Norse sagas and son-in-law...
