Editing Halga (section)

[[Image:Helgi and Yrsa.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Halga seducing his own daughter Yrsa, by [[Jenny Nyström]] (1895).]]
'''Halga''', ''[[Helgi]]'', ''Helghe'' or ''Helgo'' was a [[legendary Danish king]] living in the early 6th century.<ref>The dating has never been a matter of controversy. It is inferred from the internal chronology of the sources themselves and the dating of [[Hygelac]]'s raid on [[Frisia]] to c. 516. It is also supported by archaeological excavations of the barrows of [[Eadgils]] and [[Ohthere]] in [[Sweden]]. For a discussion, see e.g. [[Birger Nerman]]'s ''Det svenska rikets uppkomst'' (1925) (in Swedish). For presentations of the archaeological findings, see e.g. Elisabeth Klingmark's ''Gamla Uppsala, Svenska kulturminnen 59'', Riksantikvarieämbetet (in Swedish), or [http://www.raa.se/cms/extern/se_och_besoka/sevardheter/ottarshogen.html this English language presentation by the Swedish National Heritage Board] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824195155/http://www.raa.se/cms/extern/se_och_besoka/sevardheter/ottarshogen.html |date=2007-08-24 }}</ref> His name would in his own language ([[Proto-Norse]]) have been *''Hailaga''<ref>[http://www.sofi.se/GetDoc?meta_id=1464 Lexikon över urnnordiska personnamn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060915030412/http://www.sofi.se/GetDoc?meta_id=1464 |date=2006-09-15 }} PDF</ref> (dedicated to the gods). 

Scholars generally agree that he appears in both [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] (''[[Beowulf]]'') and Scandinavian tradition ([[Norse saga]]s and Danish chronicles).<ref>[https://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/5/Shippey2.html#anchor349974 Shippey, T. A.: Wicked Queens and Cousin Strategies in Beowulf and Elsewhere, Notes and Bibliography. In The Heroic Age Issue 5 Summer 2001.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203170611/http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/5/Shippey2.html |date=2014-02-03 }}</ref> In both traditions, he was a [[Scylding]], the son of [[Healfdene]] and the brother of [[Hroðgar]]. In ''Beowulf'', his relationship to [[Hroðulf]] is not explained, but if he was not his father, as in the Scandinavian tradition, he was at least his uncle. Both traditions also mention his family's feud with [[Froda]] and [[Ingeld]]. 

Whereas, not much is said about Halga in Anglo-Saxon sources, much more is said in Scandinavian ones. It is also noticed a curb in Halga storyline's direction, all of them containing a version of the story of his incestuous relationship with his own daughter [[Yrsa]]. This liaison resulted in Halga's son [[Hroðulf]].