The specific form that the names take as well as retained errors in the ancestry of Odin indicate a source closely related to Anglian collection manuscript T. Woden in Anglo-Saxon tradition, and explicitly gives Odin's original name as Vóden, explaining that the original names of the Æsir were better preserved in England. His genealogical descent from Seskef to Odin directly parallels that from

Æthelweard, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and theĪnglian collection. The section's genealogy is obviously informed by The Prologue concludes in a linguistic remark, observing that the Æsir when they came to the north, spread out until their language was the native language over all these lands. Yngvi became king of Sweden, founding theįinally, Odin went on to Norway, where he established his son King Gylfi welcomed Odin and his train as 'men of Asia, who were called Sviþjoð, is otherwise attested by Snorre to stretch from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea and modern Sweden, along the river Tanais,ĭniepr. Reiðgo in earlier times, where he established his son Joðland, which the section says was known as Therefore, he made ready to journey out of Tyrkland They made no end to their journeying till they were come north into the land that is now called Saxland'īaldr) and Sigi founded the ruling houses of the 'Odin had second sight, and his wife also and from their foreknowledge he found that his name should be exalted in the northern part of the world and glorified above the fame of all other kings. Odin', who came to Germany ( Saxland) and established the royal lines there. Seskef, Bedvig, Athra, Ítermann, Heremód, Skjaldun, Bjáf, Ját, Gudólfr, Finn, Fríallafįinally, the son of Fríallaf was 'Vóden, whom we call Lóriði, Einridi, Vingethor, Vingener, Móda, Magi, The line of descendants of Thor and Sif is given as follows: Thor slew his foster father and married Sibil, identified with Priam's daughter Tróán married king Múnón or The section's genealogy presented begins with Regarding the euhemerization in the Prologue, Faulkes (1985) commented that 'undoubtedly one of the motives for including the prologue, and maybe the chief reason for the use of the frame device itself, was to avoid the criticism that his stories were dangerous to orthodoxy'. Norse mythology: the Norse gods are described descended from the The Prologue is the first section of four books of the Prose Edda, and consists of a JSTOR ( June 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. This article needs additional citations forĪdding citations to reliable sources.

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