Sveigðir

Sveigðir, Sveigder or Swegde (Old Norse: "Waving One"McKinnell (2005:70).) was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling in Norse mythology. He was the son of Fjölner, whom he succeeded as king, and he married Vana of Vanaheimr, probably one of the Vanir. Lured by a dwarf, Sveigðir disappeared into a stone and never came back. He was succeeded by his son Vanlandi.
==Attestations==
Snorri Sturluson wrote of Sveigðir in his Ynglinga saga (1225):
Svegðir tók ríki eptir föður sinn; hann strengði þess heit at leita Goðheims ok Óðins hins gamla. Hann fór með 12 menn víða um heiminn, hann kom út í Tyrkland ok í Svíþjóð hina miklu ok hitti þar marga frændr sína ok vini, ok var í þeirri för 5 vetr. Þá kom hann aptr til Svíþjóðar, dvaldist hann þá enn heima um hríð. Hann hafði fengit konu þá er Vana hét út í Vanaheimi; var þeirra son Vanlandi. Svegðir fór enn at leita Goðheims. Ok í austanverðri Svíþjóð heitir bœr mikill at Steini, þar er steinn svá mikill sem stór hús. Um kveldit eptir sólarfall, þá er Svegðir gékk frá drykkju til svefnbúrs, sá hann til steinsins, at dvergr sat undir steininum. Svegðir ok hans menn váru mjök druknir ok runnu til steinsins. Dvergrinn stóð í durum ok kallaði á Sveigði, bað hann þar inn ganga, ef hann vildi Óðin hitta. Svegðir hljóp í steininn; en steinninn laukst þegar aptr, ok kom Svegðir eigi aptr.Ynglinga saga at Norrøne Tekster og KvadA second online presentation of Ynglingatal		
Swegde took the kingdom after his father, and he made a solemn
vow to seek Godheim and Odin. He went with twelve men through
the world, and came to Turkland, and the Great Svithiod, where he
found many of his connections. He was five years on this
journey; and when he returned home to Sweden he remained there
for some time. He had got a wife in Vanheim, who was called
Vana, and their son was Vanlande. Swegde went out afterwards to
seek again for Godheim, and came to a mansion on the east side of
Swithiod called Stein, where there was a stone as big as a large
house. In the evening after sunset, as Swegde was going from the
drinking-table to his sleeping-room, he cast his eye upon the
stone, and saw that a dwarf was sitting under it. Swegde and his
man were very drunk, and they ran towards the stone. The dwarf
stood in the door, and called to Swegde, and told him to come in,
and he should see Odin. Swegde ran into the stone, which
instantly closed behind him, and Swegde never came back.Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text ArchiveLaing's translation at Northvegr	
Snorri also quoted some lines from Ynglingatal composed in the 9th century:
:En dagskjarr
:Dúrnis niðja
:salvörðuðr
:Sveigði vétti,
:þá er í stein
:enn stórgeði
:Dusla konr
:ept dvergi hljóp,
:ok salr bjartr
:þeira Sökmímis
:jötunbyggðr
:við jöfri gein.	
:By Diurnir's elfin race,
:Who haunt the cliffs and shun day's face,
:The valiant Swegde was deceived,
:The elf's false words the king believed.
:The dauntless hero rushing on,
:Passed through the yawning mouth of stone:
:It yawnedit shutthe hero fell,
:In Saekmime's hall, where giants dwell.Laing's translation at Northvegr	
The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal written in the late 12th century and consequently older than Snorri's quotation:
Froyr vero genuit Fiolni, qui in dolio medonis dimersus est, cujus filius Swegthir nanum in petram persequitur nec redisse dicitur, quod pro certo fabulosum creditur. Iste genuit Wanlanda [...]Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), pp. 97-98	
Frøy engendered Fjolne, who was drowned in a tun of mead. His
son, Sveigde, is supposed to have pursuded a dwarf into a stone
and never to have returned, but this is plainly to be taken as
a fairy-tale. He sired Vanlande, [...]Ekrem, Inger (editor), Lars Boje Mortensen (editor) and Peter Fisher
(translator) (2003). Historia Norwegie. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN
8772898135, p. 75.	
The even earlier source Íslendingabók from the early 12th century, cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Svegðir as the successor of Fjölnir and the predecessor of Vanlandi: iiii Fjölnir. sá er dó at Friðfróða. v Svegðir. vi Vanlandi.Guðni Jónsson's edition of Íslendingabók
==Notes==
==References==
*McKinnell, John (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. DS Brewer. ISBN 1-84384-042-1
==Sources==
*Ynglingatal
*Ynglinga saga (part of the Heimskringla)
*Historia Norwegiae
Category:Norse mythology