The Anderson-Krogh genealogy : ancestral lines and descendants
Aun, the son of Jaarund, became the next king of the Svearne. He was known as Aun den Gamle (the old) because he lived to be a very old man. He was ten year sold when he became king. He lived in Uppsalir twenty-five years as king, and when King Halvard of Denmark drove him from Uppsalir and occupied the throne himself, he went Vestergautland, where he remained another twenty-five years. When Kin Halvard died he returned to Uppsalir and occupied the throne another twenty*five years, until he was driven away the second time by another Danish king. As stated before he lived to be a very old man, and it is related that he made a human sacrifice of his to Odin, the heathen god, who promised him a long life for this deed. Nine sons were thus sacrificed by him. He died of old age finally, when the Swedes refused to let him sacrifice his tenth sons.
Aun, the son of Jaarund, became the next king of the Svearne. He was known as Aun den Gamle (the old) because he lived to be a very old man. He was ten year sold when he became king. He lived in Uppsalir twenty-five years as king, and when King Halvard of Denmark drove him from Uppsalir and occupied the throne himself, he went Vestergautland, where he remained another twenty-five years. When Kin Halvard died he returned to Uppsalir and occupied the throne another twenty*five years, until he was driven away the second time by another Danish king. As stated before he lived to be a very old man, and it is related that he made a human sacrifice of his to Odin, the heathen god, who promised him a long life for this deed. Nine sons were thus sacrificed by him. He died of old age finally, when the Swedes refused to let him sacrifice his tenth sons.
The Anderson-Krogh genealogy : ancestral lines and descendants
Aun, the son of Jaarund, became the next king of the Svearne. He was known as Aun den Gamle (the old) because he lived to be a very old man. He was ten year sold when he became king. He lived in Uppsalir twenty-five years as king, and when King Halvard of Denmark drove him from Uppsalir and occupied the throne himself, he went Vestergautland, where he remained another twenty-five years. When Kin Halvard died he returned to Uppsalir and occupied the throne another twenty*five years, until he was driven away the second time by another Danish king. As stated before he lived to be a very old man, and it is related that he made a human sacrifice of his to Odin, the heathen god, who promised him a long life for this deed. Nine sons were thus sacrificed by him. He died of old age finally, when the Swedes refused to let him sacrifice his tenth sons.
Aun, the son of Jaarund, became the next king of the Svearne. He was known as Aun den Gamle (the old) because he lived to be a very old man. He was ten year sold when he became king. He lived in Uppsalir twenty-five years as king, and when King Halvard of Denmark drove him from Uppsalir and occupied the throne himself, he went Vestergautland, where he remained another twenty-five years. When Kin Halvard died he returned to Uppsalir and occupied the throne another twenty*five years, until he was driven away the second time by another Danish king. As stated before he lived to be a very old man, and it is related that he made a human sacrifice of his to Odin, the heathen god, who promised him a long life for this deed. Nine sons were thus sacrificed by him. He died of old age finally, when the Swedes refused to let him sacrifice his tenth sons.
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