Visbur
Legendary King of Sweden
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::summary Legendary King of Sweden ::
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| Field | Value |
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| succession | Legendary King of Sweden |
| predecessor | Vanlande |
| successor | Domalde |
| issue | Domalde; Gisi; Ondur |
| house | House of Yngling |
| house-type | Dynasty |
| religion | Norse Paganism |
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Wisbur(GretaSellberg1911).jpg" caption="Cover of a play by [[Erik Johan Stagnelius]] about the legend of Wisbur"] ::
| succession = Legendary King of Sweden | image = | caption = | reign = | coronation = | full name = | predecessor = Vanlande | successor = Domalde | spouse = | issue = Domalde; Gisi; Ondur | issue-link = | issue-page = | house = House of Yngling | house-type =Dynasty | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | date of burial = | place of burial = | religion = Norse Paganism |}} Visbur or Wisbur (Old Norse "Certain/Undoubted Son") was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings and the son of Vanlandi. He was burned to death inside his hall by the arson of two of his own sons in revenge for rejecting their mother and denying them their heritage. He was succeeded by his son Dómaldi.
Attestations
Snorri Sturluson wrote of Visbur in his Ynglinga saga (1225): ::data[format=table]
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Snorri included a piece from Ynglingatal (9th century) in his account in the Heimskringla:
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The Historia Norwegiæ presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation:
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The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Visburr as the successor of Vanlandi and the predecessor of Dómaldr: vi Vanlandi. vii Visburr. viii Dómaldr.
Notes
References
- McKinnell, John (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. DS Brewer.
Sources
- Ynglingatal
- Ynglinga saga (part of the Heimskringla)
- Historia Norwegiae
References
- McKinnell (2005:70).
- "''Ynglinga saga'' at ''Norrøne Tekster og Kvad''".
- [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/02ynglga.htm Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive]
- [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_03.php Laing's translation at Northvegr] {{webarchive. link. (2007-03-12)
- [http://www.home.no/norron-mytologi/sgndok/kvad/yngli.htm A second online presentation of ''Ynglingatal''] {{webarchive. link. (September 28, 2006)
- [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_05.php Laing's translation at Northvegr] {{webarchive. link. (March 11, 2007)
- Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). ''Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen'', Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), p. 98
- [http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070508145441/http://www.heimskringla.no/original/islendingesagaene/islendingabok.php Guðni Jónsson's edition of Íslendingabók]
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