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History and Genealogy
of the Pearsall Family in England
and America:
Volume I
Front Cover
Inside Front Cover
The Motive
Thanks
Illustrations
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Appendix I
Volume II
Volume III
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the calling upon
him. Odin, prior to his death, conferred the kingdom of Sweden on his son
Njord who survived him and whom he expressly
called his son, evidently born during his absence from Asaland to his wife Njordr
a native of Van-land who accompanied him on this expedition, hence the
son was called a VanaŽman.
*54. NJORD the Yngve, of Noatun was then
the sole sovereign of the Swedes; and he continued the sacrifices, and
was called the drot or sovereign by the Swedes,
and he received scatt and gifts from them. He
was the son of Odin and his wife Njordr who was
worshipped by some of the Teutonic Nations as goddess of the sea. She had
two brothers; Odr the ruler of the sea and Audr the personification of wealth. All of these
titles were applied to Njord who stands alone
as the god of navigation, commerce and wealth. He was counted a van-god
because he had been born in Vanheim and not in Asaland and was the son of an inferior wife, Frega wife of Odin being counted the Queen mother. In
Vafthrudnismal Odin asks Vafthrudnir
the origin of Niord or Njord.
ODIN
Tell me....
Whence Niord came
Among the sons
of Asar;
He rules
hundred-fold
Temples and altars
And he was not
born among Asar.
Vafthrudnir
In Vanaheim
The wise powers
shaped him
And gave him to
the gods as a hostage;
At the doom of
the world
He will come
back again,
Home to the wise
Vanir.
He was the genearch of the kings of the Swedish line and later
in Normandy, and still later in England.
Their pedigree being set out in the Yngling
saga. He resided at Noatum or the place of the
ships. His name literally means a dweller on the outermost point of the
seashore, while his title Yngve means the low
lying strand which confines the ocean to its place and protects the dry
land. That this was the ancient meaning of this designation is shown by
the Roman and Teutonic records which agree that Yngve
referred to the northern Teutonic tribes who dwelt on the shores of the Baltic Sea, whom the writings designate as Ingaevones. Tacitus says that those Teutons who dwell nearest the ocean are called Ingaevones; those who dwell in the centre Hermiones, and the rest Istavones.
And likewise the same designation was applied to the Scandinavians; the
king of the Danes being called Eodor Inguina, the protection of the Ingaevones,
and Frea Inguina, the
lord of the Ingaevones. Pliny says that Cimbrians, Teutons and Chaucians were Ingaevones,
i.e. they dwelt on the shores of the North Sea
and the Baltic. While Pomponius Mala says that
the land of the Cimbrians and Teutons was washed by the Codan Bay,
i.e. the Baltic Sea. [Teutonic Mythology
by Viktor Ryndburg, vol. I, pages 155 and 302.] These citations disclose
that the title Yngve could fairly belong to all
of the Teutons whose countries bordered on the
seashore and that therefore their descent could be traced from Odin
through several lines and yet all be Yngve. The royal line of Sweden ultimately came to be
known as the race of sea kings and their saga became more especially set
out as the Yngling pedigree. That this was not
the rule in ancient times has caused some confusion as to the lines of Yngve kings who claim through other lines coming from
Odin and his wife Njordr. So far as
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