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littlemanpoet · 02-07-2002, 09:05 PM

Check out the Heimskringla sagas, too. They're out of the Swedish legends. It starts with a human/god Odin and his people, the Aesir, and their neighbors the Vanyar, and how they come from the Russian steppes and take over Denmark and the Scandinavian regions, and the lines of kings descended therefrom.

02-07-2002, 09:05 PM	#4
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Check out the Heimskringla sagas, too. They're out of the Swedish legends. It starts with a human/god Odin and his people, the Aesir, and their neighbors the Vanyar, and how they come from the Russian steppes and take over Denmark and the Scandinavian regions, and the lines of kings descended therefrom.