Swedish prince of legend. Woodwhittler is an epithet not a surname. His year of death is an estimate based on the saga. According Snorri Sturluson, he was a son of King Ingold Illready of the House of Yngling and Princess Gauthild of West Gothand, whose maternal grandfather was King Olaf the Sharpsighted of Nericia. After growing up with a foster father in West Göthland, he heard of his father's grizzly death and he went to Nericia to find that the Swedes had grown hostile towards the Ynglings and thought of his father's assassination as justified. He fled westward with his followers, cleared land over toward Norway and created a region called Vermillandia (Värmland) which he ruled. Because he was clearing forests there Swedes ridiculed him by calling him Woodwhittler. He was soon joined by Swedes fleeing the harsh rule of King Ivor Widefathom, and these blamed him for famine in Vermillandia and accused him of religious neglect. They surrounded his house and burned him inside, sacrificing him to Odin just like mythological ancestor King Domalde. Evidence of 6th-century burning found in archaeological excavations near Villkor Mountain support the legend.
Swedish prince of legend. Woodwhittler is an epithet not a surname. His year of death is an estimate based on the saga. According Snorri Sturluson, he was a son of King Ingold Illready of the House of Yngling and Princess Gauthild of West Gothand, whose maternal grandfather was King Olaf the Sharpsighted of Nericia. After growing up with a foster father in West Göthland, he heard of his father's grizzly death and he went to Nericia to find that the Swedes had grown hostile towards the Ynglings and thought of his father's assassination as justified. He fled westward with his followers, cleared land over toward Norway and created a region called Vermillandia (Värmland) which he ruled. Because he was clearing forests there Swedes ridiculed him by calling him Woodwhittler. He was soon joined by Swedes fleeing the harsh rule of King Ivor Widefathom, and these blamed him for famine in Vermillandia and accused him of religious neglect. They surrounded his house and burned him inside, sacrificing him to Odin just like mythological ancestor King Domalde. Evidence of 6th-century burning found in archaeological excavations near Villkor Mountain support the legend.
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