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===''Ynglinga saga''=== The ''[[Skj枚ldunga saga]]''<ref name="Nerman 1925:150" /> was used by [[Snorri Sturluson]] as a source when he told the story of A冒ils ([[Eadgils]]) and Yrsa. What remains of the ''Skj枚ldunga saga'' is a Latin summary by [[Arngr铆mur J贸nsson]], and so the two versions are basically the same, the main difference being that Arngr铆mur's version is more terse. Snorri relates that A冒ils betook himself to pillage the Saxons, whose king was Geir镁j贸fr and queen Alof the Great. The king and consort were not at home, and so A冒ils and his men plundered their residence at ease driving cattle and captives down to the ships. One of the captives was a remarkably beautiful girl named Yrsa, and Snorri writes that everyone was soon impressed with the well-mannered, pretty and intelligent girl. Most impressed was A冒ils who made her his queen. Some years later, Helgi ([[Halga]]), who ruled in [[Lejre]], attacked Sweden and captured Yrsa. He raped Yrsa, his own daughter, and took her back to [[Lejre]], where they had a son, Hr贸lfr ([[Hro冒ulf]]). When the boy was three years of age, Yrsa's mother, Queen Alof of Saxony, came to visit her and told her that her husband Helgi was her own father. Horrified, Yrsa returned to A冒ils, leaving her son behind, and stayed in Sweden for the rest of her life. When Hr贸lfr was eight years old, Helgi died during a war expedition and Hr贸lfr was proclaimed king. Snorri finishes his account by briefly mentioning that the ''Skj枚ldunga saga'' contained an extensive account of how Hr贸lfr came to Uppsala and sowed gold on the [[Fyrisvellir]].
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