History Literature / TheSagaOfYngvarTheTraveller

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Although this saga is cosidered to be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_saga Fornaldarsaga]] and contains a whole lot of fantastical and supernatural occurences, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_the_Far-Travelled Ingvar the Far-Travelled]] is a 100% real historical person who led an expedition into UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope and the Middle East in the 11th century. About 25-40 Runestones are raised in Sweden in memory of this endeavour, and a few mentions people featured as characters in the saga. The saga covers this journey up to a certain extent.

-->--'''The "Stone of Gripsholm" raised in memory of Ingvar and his comrades and one of the most famous Runic inscriptions in all of Sweden.'''

** Reaching the source of the great river, the voyagers discover a huge dragon "and much gold lying under it." When the dragon crawls to the river to drink, the voyagers loot the gold which is "as hot as if it had just been melted in a forge". Shortly after, the voyagers meet a demon who explains the spot where the dragon guards the hoard was the tomb of a very rich king named Siggeus, who also had three daughters who were so greedy two of them killed themselves just because they were jealous of their sisters' wealth. Later, "dragons ate the king’s cadaver and the bodies of his daughters" but also "some believe they’ve turned into dragons."

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Svein and his men encounter a group of people leading around a creature with a wooden tower on its back. They steal it away from them and attempt to lead it themselves, but the creature just sticks it head down and refuse to budge so they hide in the reeds while figuring out a plan. They then steal it from its owners for a second time, and this time they are more successfull. "But as they didn’t know the nature of the creature or what it needed to eat, they stabbed it with spears till it fell dead. Then they went down to the ships and rowed off."

Although this saga is cosidered to be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_saga Fornaldarsaga]] and contains a whole lot of fantastical and supernatural occurences, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_the_Far-Travelled Ingvar the Far-Travelled]] is a 100% real historical person who led an expedition into UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope and the Middle East in the 11th century. About 25-40 Runestones are raised in Sweden in memory of this endeavour. The saga covers this journey up to a certain extent.

In UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} during the reign of Eric The Victorious, there is a Chieftan named Aki. Aki desires to marry one of the daughters of King Eric but unfortunately for him, she is already promised to a district king in Russia. Aki secretly travels to UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, assassinates him and returns to Sweden to marry King Erics daughter. He has a son with her called Eymund. Eric does not retaliate at first, fearing great loss of life in his lands, but later dispatches Aki in a NastyParty with the help of Jarl Hakon of Norway. When Eymund grows up he avenges his father by killing the tax-collectors who had come to extract tax from his fathers old lands. He is outlawed in all of Sweden by King Olof Skötkonung for his troubles and goes eastwards as a mercenary, fighting for King Jarizleif of Russia against his brother Burizleif. Eymund is later forgiven by King Olof for his crimes and returns to Sweden, inheriting his Fathers old lands. The focus then shifts from Eymund to his son Yngvar who grows up to be a strong and respected man and a friend of both King Olof and his son Prince Anund. However, when Olof refuses to give Yngvar the title of king, he decides to travel eastward to make a name for himself and experiences many fantastical adventures and battles in the process, including battling against a Dragon, a Giant and Pirates who use flamethrowers and ride ships camoflaged as Islands. When he dies, the focus shifts to his son, Svein Yngvarsson who attempts to continue his legacy.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Svein and his men encounter a group of people leading around a creature with a wooden tower on it's back. They steal it away from them and attempt to lead it themselves, but the creature just sticks it head down and refuse to budge so they hide in the reeds while figuring out a plan. They then steal it from it's owners for a second time, and this time they are more successfull. "But as they didn’t know the nature of the creature or what it needed to eat, they stabbed it with spears till it fell dead. Then they went down to the ships and rowed off."

Although this saga is cosidered to be a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_saga Fornaldarsaga]] and contains a whole lot of fantastical and supernatural occurences, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_the_Far-Travelled Ingvar the Far-Travelled]] is a 100% real historical person who led an expedition into UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}} and the Middle East in the 11th century. About 25-40 Runestones are raised in Sweden in memory of this endeavour. The saga covers this journey up to a certain extent.

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** Reaching the source of the great river, the voyagers discover a huge dragon "and much gold lying under it." By strewing salt on the path that the dragon crawls to water, they gain time to loot the hoard because the dragon licks up the salt and turns back to drink more three times. The gold is "as hot as if it had just been melted in a forge". Shortly after, the voyagers meet a demon who explains the spot where the dragon guards the hoard was the tomb of a very rich king named Siggeus, who also had three daughters who were so greedy two of them killed themselves just because they were jealous of their sisters' wealth. Later, "dragons ate the king’s cadaver and the bodies of his daughters" but also "some believe they’ve turned into dragons."

''The Saga of Yngvar the Traveller'' (Old Norse/Modern Icelandic: "Yngvars saga víðförla") is an [[TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic Saga]] probably written by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddr_Snorrason Oddr Snorrason]] in the 12th century. It concerns the life of an 11th century Swedish Viking named Yngvar Eymundsson, his son and their adventures on the eastern trail.

** Reaching the source of the great river, the voyagers discover a huge dragon (larger than Jakulus) "and much gold lying under it." By strewing salt on the path that the dragon crawls to water, they gain time to loot the hoard because the dragon licks up the salt and turns back to drink more three times. The hoard consists of "much gold, as hot as if it had just been melted in a forge". Shortly after, the voyagers meet a demon who explains the spot where the dragon guards the hoard was the tomb of a very rich king named Siggeus, who also had three daughters who were so greedy two of them killed themselves just because they were jealous of their sisters' wealth. Later, "dragons ate the king’s cadaver and the bodies of his daughters" but also "some believe they’ve turned into dragons."

The Saga of Yngvar the Traveller (Old Norse/Modern Icelandic: "Yngvars saga víðförla") is an [[TheIcelandicSagas Icelandic Saga]] probably written by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddr_Snorrason Oddr Snorrason]] in the 12th century. It concerns the life of an 11th century Swedish Viking named Yngvar Eymundsson, his son and their adventures on the eastern trail.

* {{Plunder}}: Nearly all of the heroes in this saga are Christians and really don't act like stereotypical Vikings. However, both Eymund, Yngvar and Svein pillage now and again, but no word is given wether [[RapePillageAndBurn they rape and burn]] as well.

* ArrowsOnFire: Used by Yngvar to defeat the flamethrower-weilding pirates and by Svein to defeat a dragon.

* CelibateHero. Yngvar.
* ChangingOfTheGuard: From Aki to Eymund to Yngvar and finally Svein.

* NastyParty: [[GenreSavvy As usual.]]

* RealMenLoveJesus: Fanatically so.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: What do you do when confronted with an enemy shooting fire at you? Shoot MORE fire at them of course!