Domar

Domar
In Norse mythology, the Swedish king Domar (Old Norse Dmarr, "Judge"[1]) of the House of Ynglings was the son of Domalde. He was married to Drott, the sister of Dan the Arrogant who gave his names to the Danes. Drott and Dan are in this work said to be the children of Danp son of Rg. His rule lasted long and after the sacrifice of his father Domalde, the crops were plentiful and peace reigned. Consequently there is not much to tell about his reign, and when he died at Uppsala, he was transported over the Fyris Wolds (Fyrisvellir) and burnt on the banks of the river, where a stone was raised over his ashes. He was succeeded by his son Dyggvi.

Attestations
Snorri Sturluson wrote of Domar in his Ynglinga saga (1225):
Dmarr ht sonr Dmalda, er ar nst r rki; hann r lengi fyrir lndum, ok var g rfer ok frir um hans daga. Fr honum er ekki sagt annat, en hann var sttdaur at Uppslum, ok var frr Fyrisvllu ok brendr ar rbakkanum, ok eru ar bautasteinar [2] hans. Domald's son, called Domar, next ruled over the land. He reigned long, and in his days were good seasons and peace. Nothing is told of him but that he died in his bed in Upsal, and was transported to the Fyrisvold, where his body was burned on the river bank, and where his standing stone still [3][4] remains.

The information about Domar's marriage appears after Snorri has presented Domar's son Dyggvi (Danish tongue refers to the Old Norse language as a whole and not only to the dialect of Denmark):
Mir Dyggva var Drtt, dttir Danps konungs, sonar Rgs, er fyrstr var konungr kallar danska tungu; hans ttmenn hfu valt san konungsnafn fyrir hit zta tignarnafn. Dyggvi var fyrstr konungr kallar sinna ttmanna; en r vru eir drttnar kallair, en konur eirra drttningar, en drtt hirsveitin. En Yngvi ea Ynguni var kallar hverr eirra ttmanna alla vi, en Ynglingar allir saman. Drtt drttning var systir Dans konungs hins mikillta, er Danmrk er vi kend. Dygve's mother was Drott, a daughter of King Danp, the son of Rig, who was first called "king" in the Danish tongue. His descendants always afterwards considered the title of king the title of highest dignity. Dygve was the first of his family to be called king, for his predecessors had been called "Drottnar", and their wives "Drottningar", and their court "Drott". Each of their race was called Yngve, or Yngune, and the whole race together Ynglinger. The Queen Drott was a sister of King Dan Mikillati, from whom Denmark a took its name.

As for Domar, Snorri included a piece from Ynglingatal (9th century):

Ok ess opt of Yngva hrr fra menn of fregit hafak, hvar Dmarr dynjanda bana halfs of borinn vri; n at veitk, at verkbitinn Fjlnis nir [5] vi fri brann. I have asked wise men to tell Where Domar rests, and they knew well. Domar, on Fyrie's widespread ground, [6] Was burned, and laid on Yngve's mound.

The Historia Norwegi presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation:
Iste [Domald] genuit Domar qui in Swethia obiit morbo. Hujus filius [7] Dyggui [...] Domalde begot Domar, who died in Sweden. Likewise Dyggve, his [8] son, [...]

Domar The even earlier source slendingabk cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Dmarr as the successor of Dmaldr and the predecessor of Dyggvi: viii Dmaldr. ix Dmarr. x Dyggvi.[9]

Notes
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] McKinnell (2005:70). Ynglinga saga at Norrne Tekster og Kvad (http:/ / www. heimskringla. no/ original/ heimskringla/ ynglingasaga. php) Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive (http:/ / www. sacred-texts. com/ neu/ heim/ 02ynglga. htm) Laing's translation at Northvegr (http:/ / www. northvegr. org/ lore/ heim/ 001_03. php) A second online presentation of Ynglingatal (http:/ / www. home. no/ norron-mytologi/ sgndok/ kvad/ yngli. htm) Laing's translation at Northvegr (http:/ / www. northvegr. org/ lore/ heim/ 001_05. php) Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). Monumenta historica Norwegi: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen, Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brgger), p. 98 [8] Ekrem, Inger (editor), Lars Boje Mortensen (editor) and Peter Fisher (translator) (2003). Historia Norwegie. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 8772898135, p. 75. [9] Guni Jnsson's edition of slendingabk (http:/ / www. heimskringla. no/ original/ islendingesagaene/ islendingabok. php)

References
McKinnell, John (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. DS Brewer. ISBN 1-84384-042-1

Sources
Ynglingatal Ynglinga saga (part of the Heimskringla) Historia Norwegiae
Domar House of Yngling Precededby Mythological king of Sweden Succeededby Domalde Dyggvi

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