Dyggvi

Dyggvi
In Norse mythology, Dyggvi or Dyggve (Old Norse "Useful, Effective"[1]) was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. Dyggvi died and became the concubine of Hel, Loki's daughter. Dyggvi was succeeded by his son Dag the Wise.

Attestations
Snorri Sturluson wrote of Dygvvi's father Domar in his Ynglinga saga (1225):
Dyggvi ht son hans, er ar nst r lndum, ok er fr honum ekki Dygve was the name of his son, who succeeded him in ruling the land; and [2] about him nothing is said but that he died in his bed. sagt annat, en hann var sttdaur.

About Dyggvi's mother Snorri had more to say:

Mir Dyggva var Drtt, dttir Danps konungs, sonar Rgs, er fyrstr var konungr kallar danska tungu; hans ttmenn hfu valt san konungsnafn fyrir hit zta tignarnafn. Dyggvi var fyrstr konungr kallar sinna ttmanna; en r vru eir drttnar kallair, en konur eirra drttningar, en drtt hirsveitin. En Yngvi ea Ynguni var kallar hverr eirra ttmanna alla vi, en Ynglingar allir saman. Drtt drttning var systir Dans konungs hins mikillta, er Danmrk er vi kend. Dygve's mother was Drott, a daughter of King Danp, the son of Rig, who was first called "king" in the Danish tongue. His descendants always afterwards considered the title of king the title of highest dignity. Dygve was the first of his family to be called king, for his predecessors had been called "Drottnar", and their wives "Drottningar", and their court "Drott". Each of their race was called Yngve, or Yngune, and the whole race together Ynglinger. The Queen Drott was a sister of King Dan Mikillati, from whom Denmark took its name.

In his Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturluson included a piece from Ynglingatal composed in the 9th century:
Kvekat dul, nema Dyggva hrr Glitnis gn at gamni hefr, v at jdis Ulfs ok Narfa Konungmann kjsa skyldi; ok allvald Yngva jar Loka mr of leikinn hefr. [3] Dygve the Brave, the mighty king, It is no hidden secret thing, Has gone to meet a royal mate, Riding upon the horse of Fate. For Loke's daughter in her house Of Yngve's race would have a spouse; Therefore the fell-one snatched away Brave Dygve from the light of day.

The Historia Norwegi presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation:
Hujus [Domar] filius Dyggui item in eadem regione vit metam [4] invenit. Cui successit in regnum filius ejus Dagr [...] Likewise Dyggve, his [Domar's] son, reached the limit of his life in [5] that same region [Sweden]. His son Dag [...]

The even earlier source slendingabk also cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and it also gives Dyggvi as the successor of Dmarr and the predecessor of Dagr: ix Dmarr. x Dyggvi. xi Dagr.[6]

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Notes
[1] [2] [3] [4] McKinnell (2005:70). Ynglinga saga at Norrne Tekster og Kvad (http:/ / www. heimskringla. no/ original/ heimskringla/ ynglingasaga. php) A second online presentation of Ynglingatal (http:/ / www. home. no/ norron-mytologi/ sgndok/ kvad/ yngli. htm) Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegi: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brgger), pp. 98-99 [5] Ekrem, Inger (editor), Lars Boje Mortensen (editor) and Peter Fisher (translator) (2003). Historia Norwegie. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 8772898135, p. 75. [6] Guni Jnsson's edition of slendingabk (http:/ / www. heimskringla. no/ original/ islendingesagaene/ islendingabok. php)

References
McKinnell, John (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. DS Brewer. ISBN 1-84384-042-1

Sources
Ynglingatal Ynglinga saga (part of the Heimskringla) Historia Norwegiae
Dyggvi House of Yngling Precededby Mythological king of Sweden Succeededby Domar Dag the Wise

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