Vanlandi’s Family Tree

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Family

• Drífa(spouse),Visburr(child)— Marriage

  Vanlandi married Drífa of Finland and fathered Vísburr during his stay there. After Vanlandi broke his oath to return, Drífa hired the witch Huld to kill him.

• Sveigdir(parent),Vana(parent)— Marriage

  Sveigðir married the woman Vana during his sojourn in Vanaheim, and she bore him a son, Vanlandi, who succeeded his father as the third Yngling king of Sweden.

Enemy of

• Drífa

  Drífa turned against Vanlandi after he broke his oath to return to Finland within three winters. She hired the witch Huld to curse him, leading to his death by mara.

Slain by

• Huld

  Huld performed seiðr magic and sent a mara that trampled Vanlandi to death in his sleep at Uppsala, as told in Ynglinga saga and Ynglingatal.

Member of

• Ynglings

  The Yngling dynasty traces its descent from Freyr through the legendary Swedish kings Fjölnir, Sveigðir, Vanlandi, Vísburr, and Domaldi, as catalogued in Ynglingatal and Ynglinga saga.