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  • Name Åslaug Sigurdsdatter 
    Suffix {Ragnars Saga} 
    Nickname Kraba 
    Born 765 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation Queen of Scandinavian mythology, Warrior Queen, Høvdingehustru, Vikinghøvding hustru 
    Occupation unknown 
    Residence Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} '''Aslaug''' is a mythological person currently in the historical tree. She corresponds to [https://www.geni.com/people/%C3%81slaugr-Sigur%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir-Hversum-Noreg-byggdist/6000000078682136872 Áslaugr Sigurðardóttir] in ''Hversum Noreg byggdist'', and to the fictional [https://tinyurl.com/y7pjxxmq Áslaugr Sigurðardóttir] in ''Volsunga saga''.

      Interesting blog in Norwegian about Aslaug: http://arkeologi.blogspot.no/2004/07/slaug-krka-fra-spangereid-og-ragnar.html

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      Children as mentioned in the Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok:
      *Ivar "Boneless"
      *Bjørn "Ironside"
      *Hvitserk
      *Rognvald

      Children as mentioned in the Tale of Ragnar’s Sons:
      *Ivar "Boneless"
      *Bjørn "Ironside"
      *Hvitserk
      *Sigurd "Worm in Eye"
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      Aslaug, Aslög, Kraka, Kráka or Randalin, was a queen of Scandinavian mythology who appears in Snorri's Edda, the Völsunga saga and the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok.

      Aslaug was the daughter of Sigurd and the shieldmaiden Brynhildr, but was raised by Brynhild's fosterfather Heimer.

      At the death of Sigurd and Brynhild, Heimer was concerned about Aslaug's security, so he made a harp large enough to hide the girl. He then travelled as a poor harpplayer carrying the harp containing the girl.

      Once they arrived at Spangereid at Lindesnes in Norway, where they could stay for the night in the house of Åke and Grima. Åke believed that he saw precious items stick out from the harp, which he told his wife Grima. Grima then convinced him of murdering Heimer as he was sleeping. However, when they broke the harp, they discovered a little girl, who they raised as their own, calling her Kraka (Crow). In order to hide her noble origins, they forced the girl always to be dirty and to walk in dirty clothes.

      However, once as she was bathing, she was discovered by some of Ragnar Lodbrok's men, who had been sent ashore to bake bread. Confused by Kraka's beauty, they allowed the bread to be burnt, and when Ragnar enquired about this mishap, they told him about the girl. Ragnar then sent for her, but in order to test her wits, he commanded her neither to arrive dressed nor undressed, neither hungry nor full and neither alone nor in company. Kraka arrived dressed in a net, biting an onion and with only the dog as a companion. Impressed, Ragnar married her and she gave him the sons, Ivar the Boneless, Björn Ironside, Hvitserk and Ragnvald.

      Once Ragnar visited viceroy Östen Beli of Sweden and Östen convinced Ragnar of marrying the Swedish princess Ingeborg and of rejecting Kraka. At his return home, three birds had already informed Kraka of Ragnar's plans, and so she reproached him and told him of her true noble origins. In order to prove that she was the daughter of Sigurd who had slain Fafnir, she said that she would bear a child whose eye would bear the image of a serpent. This happened and she bore the son Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. When Östen learnt of Ragnar's change of mind, he rebelled against Ragnar, but was slain by Ragnar's sons at Kraka's behest.

      When Ragnar was about to undertake his fated expedition to England, his failure was due to his not heeding Kraka's warnings about the bad condition of the fleet. When Ragnar had been thrown into the snake pit by king Ella, he was protected by an enchanted shirt that Kraka had made. It was only when this shirt had been removed that the snakes could bite Ragnar and kill him.

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      The Historic Aslaug

      By all indications Aslaug was a commoner from the region near Oslo Norway. It is quite possible that the story of her solving Ragnar's riddle has basis in fact. However, with regard to the historicity of her ancestry, her ancestral claims would have been impossible. Her alleged father, Sigurd Fafnersbane, was a historic (although legendary) person who lived at the time of the fall of Rome in 440CE. Based on a study of the Roman records mentioning the various Federated tribes of Rome, it becomes apparent that it was Ragnar Sigurdsson Ring, himself, and not his wife Aslaug who was descended from the legendary hero, Sigurd.


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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslaug
      http://www.vulkaner.no/f/ragnar.htm
      http://web.mac.com/eiliv/Forfedre/ps32/ps32_102.htm
      http://web.mac.com/eiliv/Forfedre/wc_src/src006.htm#C511
      http://www.mathematical.com/sigurdsdatteraslaug800.html


    • REFN: 5774REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2ndedition, for birth date.[Custer February 1, 2002 Family Tree.FTW]

      [merge G675.FTW]

      REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition, forbirth date.
    • _P_CCINFO 1-2782
    • REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition,for birth date.
    • Aslug SIGURDSDOTTER
      Yrke: Drottning i Ringerike, Norge ?
      Far:
      Mor:


      Händelse Datum Plats Källa
      Födelse omkr 780 Norge Egen beräkning
      Död Norge, Buskerud, Ringerike Egen beräkning

      Familj med Helge den HVASSE (780 - )
      Barn: Sigrid HELGESDOTTER (800 - 840)
      Sigurd (Hjort) HELGESSON (810 - 840)
    • [large-G675.FTW]

      REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition, forbirth date.
    • Data From Lynn Jeffrey Bernhard, 2445 W 450 South #4, Springville UT 84663-4950
      email - bernhardengineer@netscape.net
    • RESEARCH NOTES:
      Outlived son, Sigurd Snake-in-Eye.
    • SOURCE NOTES:
      http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldheathen/055.php
    • SOURCE NOTES:
      http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldheathen/056.php
    • SOURCE NOTES:
      http://www.northvegr.org/lore/oldheathen/055.php
    • _P_CCINFO 1-20792
    • _P_CCINFO 1-20792
    • MAY 1999
    • Åslaug Sigurdsdatter, også kalt Kråka, var ei mytologisk trollkyndig kvinne i norrøn mytologi som opptrer i Snorre Sturlassons Edda, Völsunga saga og Ragnar Lodbroks saga. Hun representerer et norrønt Askepott-eventyr.

      Åslaug er datter av Sigurd Fåvnesbane og valkyrien Brynhild, men ble fostret av morens fosterfar Heimer. Etter at Sigurd og Brynhild er døde er Heimer bekymret for Åslaugs sikkerhet. Han lager en harpe stor nok til å skjule piken og reiser deretter rundt som en fattig harpespiller, bærende på harpen som skjuler piken.

      Når de kommer til Spangereid i Lindesnes i Norge tilbringer de natten i huset til Åke og Grima. Åke mener han kunne se et kostbart klede stikke ut fra harpen. Han forteller det til sin kone Grima, og hun overtaler ham til å drepe Heimer mens han sover. Imidlertid når de brekker opp harpen oppdager de ikke noe annet enn ei liten jente på tre år som ikke kan snakke. De tar seg av henne, men gir henne ingen omsorg, kun hardt arbeid. For å skjule at hun er av god ætt, soter de til ansiktet hennes, tvinger henne til alltid å være skitten og gå i møkkete filler. På grunn av dette kaller de henne for ?Kråka? ettersom hun er like svart som fuglen.

      Mange år senere kommer den store helten Ragnar Lodbrok til Norge etter at han hadde drept en mektig drage og blitt konge. Hans kone døde ifra ham og to sønner. Han sender to menn på land for skaffe brød. Kråka er ute og passer kyrne. Hun bader selv om Grima har forbudt henne å gjøre det, og avslører dermed sin skjønnhet. Brødet blir brent fordi Ragnars menn ser hennes skjønnhet og glemmer å passe brødbaksten. Når de ikke har brød å gi til Ragnar forteller de ham isteden om den vakre piken.

      Ragnar sendte bud på henne, og for å teste hennes klokskap ga han beskjed om at hun ikke skulle komme påkledd eller avkledd, ikke sulten og ikke mett, ikke alene og ikke sammen med andre. Kråka kastet da et fiskegarn over seg, beit i en løk, og ble fulgt av en hund. Om bord på skipet imponerer hun Ragnar. Hvert av hans vers slår Kråka tilbake med et motvers. Han tilbyr henne en dronnings kåpe, men hun mener at det er mer passende at hun bærer kullsvarte filler som før. Hun vil derimot ta imot kåpen hvis han kommer tilbake og tar henne med seg.

      Kråka forteller Grima og Åke at hun kjenner til deres mord på Heimer. Hun vil ikke overlate dem til Ragnar, men spår at hver eneste dag i resten av livene deres vil bli verre enn den forgående, og den siste vil bli den aller verste. Så forlater hun dem og blir med Ragnar når han kommer tilbake. Han vil øyeblikkelig gå til sengs med henne, men hun avviser ham og sier at de kun skal dele seng når de er gift slik at hennes barn ikke blir frillesønner. Hun ber om at de i tre netter skal ligge i samme seng, dog hver for seg. Ragnar går med på dette, men på den tredje natten klarer han ikke holde seg og legger seg på henne til tross for hennes profeti om at det barn som så blir født vil stå seg ille. Senere føder hun en gutt med kun brusk der hvor det vanligvis er bein. Det er Ivar og han ble kalt for Ivar Beinlause.

      Deretter besøkte Ragnar Lodbrok Eystein Bele, også kalt for ?Ilråde?, som var hans lydkonge i Svitjod. Eystein overtalte Ragnar til å gifte seg med den svenske prinsessen Ingeborg og forkaste Åslaug. Mens Ragnar er på veg hjem igjen, hadde tre fugler allerede fortalt Kråka om hans planer. Hun går ham derfor i møte og forteller ham sannheten om hennes edle ætt. For å kunne bevise at hun virkelig er datteren til Sigurd som hadde drept Fåvne, en farlig drage eller slange, forteller hun at hun vil bære fram et barn hvis øye vil vitne om uhyret. Dette skjedde og hun fødte sønnen Sigurd som ble kalt for Sigurd Orm-i-auga. Da Eystein Bele fikk høre at Ragnar hadde endret mening gjorde han opprør mot ham, men ble drept av Ragnars sønner på Kråkas befaling.

      Under sitt siste hærtokt til England hadde ikke Ragnar Lodbrok hørt på Kråkas advarsler, noe som kom til å bli skjebnesvangert for ham. Da Ragnar ble kastet ned i ormegropen av kong Ælla II av Northumbria ble han beskyttet av magisk skjorte som Kråka hadde sydd for ham. Det var først da denne skjorten ble fjernet at slangene kunne bite Ragnar Lodbrok og således drepe ham.

      Ekstern lenke
      Askepott, kilder og analogier ved Russell A. Peck
    • REFN: 5774
    • [Royal Families from timmychew File.FTW]
      [Pullen010502.FTW]
      REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition, for birth date.
    • NAME:University of Hull Royal Database (England),
      University of Hull Royal Database (England), Brian
      Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, copyright 1994, 1995,
      1996

      !NAME:Ancestry of Richard Plantagenet and Cecily De Neville
      A Royal Study and Chartin g to the Begining, Ancestry of
      Richard Plantagenet and Cecily De Neville A Royal Study and
      Chartin g to the Begining, Kraentzler, Ernst-Friedrich, 17
      OCT 1994, chart 1792
    • PRINCESS OF JUTLAND
    • !BIRTH: "Royal Ancestors" by Michel Call - Based on Call Family Pedigrees on
      file in Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Copy of "Royal Ancestors"
      owned by Lynn Bernhard, 848 West 1440 North, Orem, UT 84057.

      Data From Lynn Jeffrey Bernhard, 2445 W 450 South #4, Springville UT 84663-4950
      email - bernhardengineer@netscape.net
    • Aslög (Kraka) SIGURDSDOTTER
      Yrke: Vikingahövdinghustru i Danmark
      Far:
      Mor:

      Händelse Datum Plats Källa
      Födelse omkr 810 Danmark Egen beräkning
      Död efter 842 Danmark Egen beräkning

      Familj med Ragnar LODBROK (800 - 860)
      Barn: Ålof RAGNARSDOTTER (831 - )
      Sigurd (Ormöga) RAGNARSSON (836 - )
      Ivar I (Benlös) RAGNARSSON (841 - 873)

      Händelse Datum Källa
      Vigsel omkr 830 Egen beräkning

      Noteringar
      Fadern heter enligt sagorna Sigurd 'Fafnesbane' Wolsung och modern var sköldmön Brynhilda. Namnet Kraka är alias liten Aslög. Föräldrarna miste livet nere i Tyskland, men Aslög räddades av sin fosterfar Heimer. På vandring i Norge dödades han av ett äldre par som hette Åke och Grima. De tog hand om flickebarnet, och hon växte upp i hårt arbete och stor fattigdom på Spangarhed i Norge. (Källa: Alf Henriksson)
    • Her parents were Sigurd Favnesbane and Brynhild Budlesbane.
    • Källa: http://ulf.lrsn.se/index.html
    • Nedan från
    • Data From Lynn Jeffrey Bernhard, 2445 W 450 South #4, Springville UT 84663-4950
      email - bernhardengineer@netscape.net
    • SOURCE NOTES:
      http://home.lyse.net/terje.holte/html/fam/fam00238.htm
    • RESEARCH NOTES:
      "Orm-i-™yedatter"; twin of Horda-Knut.
    • RESEARCH NOTES:
      Two sons: Eirik & Agnar. died when children were young
      She was the fairest of all women that King Ragnar had heard tell of.

      The jarl, her father, had given her a baby snake for a present one morning. To
      begin with, she kept it in a box. But in time, this snake got so big that it
      coiled right round the bower and bit its own tail. It grew so fierce then that
      no one dared come near the bower, except her servants and those who fed it,
      and it ate an ox a day. Folk were very scared, and they could see that it
      would do great harm, so big and fierce had it become. The jarl made this
      solemn vow at the bragarfull, the ceremony of the chief's cup, that he would
      give his daughter Thora in marriage to none but the man who could kill that
      snake, or who dared go and talk with her there in front of the snake.
    • RESEARCH NOTES:
      "Hart-of-the-Town". The jarl, her father, had given her a baby snake for a
      present one morning. To begin with, she kept it in a box. But in time, this
      snake got so big that it coiled right round the bower and bit its own tail. It
      grew so fierce then that no one dared come near the bower, except her servants
      and those who fed it, and it ate an ox a day. Folk were very scared, and they
      could see that it would do great harm, so big and fierce had it become. The
      jarl made this solemn vow at the bragarfull, the ceremony of the chief's cup,
      that he would give his daughter Thora in marriage to none but the man who
      could kill that snake, or who dared go and talk with her there in front of the
      snake.
    • BIOGRAPHY: Children
      Sigurd II Snodoye Ragnarsson King of b: cir 782 in Denmark
      Bjorn 'Ironside' Ragnarsson King at b: cir 770 in Denmark
      Ivar 'the boneless' Ragnarsson b: cir 775 in Denmark
      Hvitserk Ragnarsson b: cir 784 in Denmark
      Rognvald Ragnarssson b: cir 786 in Denmark
    • Aslaug Sigurdsdottir or Aslaug Randalin Wolsung (I44715)
      Birth about 755 27-2816-17 -- , , Denmark
      Death after 786 (Age 30-31)

      Birth about 755 27-2816-17 , , Denmark
      Marriage Ragnar Hairy-breeks Lodbrock king of Denmark And Sweden - [View Family]
      Death after 786 (Age 30-31)
      LDS Child Sealing vik2 - Submitted 8 February 2005 (2) #1
      LDS Baptism vik2 - Submitted 8 February 2005 (2) #1
      LDS Endowment vik2 - Submitted 8 February 2005 (2) #1
    • REFN: 5774REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2ndedition, for birth date.[Custer February 1, 2002 Family Tree.FTW]

      [merge G675.FTW]

      REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition, forbirth date.{geni:comment} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraka
    • [3998] WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Wash Ah'tafel) # 1116266625 = 117851009
    • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
      (Redirected from Kraka)
      Aslaug, Aslög, Kraka or Kráka, was a queen of Scandinavian mythologywho appears in Snorri's Edda, the Völsunga saga and the saga of RagnarLodbrok.

      Aslaug was the daughter of Sigurd and the shieldmaiden Brynhild, butwas raised by Brynhild's fosterfather Heimer. At the death of Sigurdand Brynhild, Heimer was concerned about Aslaug's security, so he madea harp large enough to hide the girl. He then travelled as a poorharpplayer carrying the harp containing the girl.

      Once they arrived at Spangereid at Lindesnes in Norway, where theycould stay for the night in the house of Åke and Grima. Åke believedthat he saw precious items stick out from the harp, which he told hiswife Grima. Grima then convinced him of murdering Heimer as he wassleeping. However, when they broke the harp, they discovered a littlegirl, who they raised as their own, calling her Kraka (Crow). In orderto hide her noble origins, they forced the girl always to be dirty andto walk in dirty clothes.

      However, once as she was bathing, she was discovered by some of RagnarLodbrok's men, who had been sent ashore to bake bread. Confused byKraka's beauty, they allowed the bread to be burnt, and when Ragnarenquired about this mishap, they told him about the girl. Ragnar thensent for her, but in order to test her wits, he commanded her neitherto arrive dressed nor undressed, neither hungry nor full and neitheralone nor in company. Kraka arrived dressed in a net, biting an onionand with only the dog as a companion. Impressed, Ragnar married herand she gave him the sons, Ivar the Boneless, Björn Ironside, Hvitserkand Ragnvald.

      Once Ragnar visited viceroy Östen Beli of Sweden and Östen convincedRagnar of marrying the Swedish princess Ingeborg and of rejectingKraka. At his return home, three birds had already informed Kraka ofRagnar's plans, and so she reproached him and told him of her truenoble origins. In order to prove that she was the daughter of Sigurdwho had slain Fafnir, she said that she would bear a child whose eyewould bear the image of a serpent. This happened and she bore the sonSigurd Snake-Eye. When Östen learnt of Ragnar's change of mind, herebelled against Ragnar, but was slain by Ragnar's sons at Kraka'sbehest.

      When Ragnar was about to undertake his fated expedition to England,his failure was due to his not heeding Kraka's warnings about the badcondition of the fleet. When Ragnar had been thrown into the snake pitby king Ella, he was protected by an enchanted shirt that Kraka hadmade. It was only when this shirt had been removed that the snakescould bite Ragnar and kill him.
    • Kraka_by_Winge
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=c5d8d1bd-d712-44b9-b38d-6f92342cba72&tid=9125446&pid=-785264097
    • REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition,for birth date.
    • #Générale##Générale#Favnesbane, Sigurdsdottir Tafnisbani
    • REF: "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition,for birth date.
    Person ID I3970714729430045179  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2019 

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    Family Ragnar Sigurdsson, King of Denmark and Norway,   b. Between 740 and 780, Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 840, Snake pit of king Ælla Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years) 
    Married Abt 765  Uppsala Svitjod Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sigurd "Worm in Eye" Ragnarsson,   b. Between 780 and 850,   d. Bef 890  (Age < 109 years)
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