Confusion and Uncertainty with respect 66 to the Kings who reigned in Scandinavia prior to the Christian Era; the Discrepancy continued to the ninth Century Causes of this Discrepancy; Rex Danorum 67 applied to the Governors of Jutland, as well as to those of Zealand and Scania; Uncertainty of the Case Little Dependence to be placed on any 68 List of Kings given by northern Historians to the present Day; Denmark had three or four Sovereigns at the same Time; difficult to say which was the legitimate Rex Danorum; Adam of Bremen complains of the Uncertainty Little known of these Kings to the ninth 69 Century; most of them petty Chiefs; the Danish Islands not united under one Sceptre until the fourth Century; first united under Dan Mykillati; too early a Period assigned to this event; independent States in the Danish Islands as late as the eighth Century B.C. 4. SKIOLD, the reputed Founder of the 70 to Danish Monarchy, probably King of A.D. 35. Zealand, with a Superiority over the rest; his Valour. Frode I., a valiant and conquering King, probably joined some one of the Confederations against Rome; his good Deeds and Laws His Laws and Institutions successful; 71 the North had numerous Kings in his Age, probably all subordinate to him ARNGRIM, the Hero who shed the greatest 72 Lustre on the Reign of Frode; his magic Sword Tyrfing, the Destroyer of Men; Osura, Daughter of Frode; Saxo’s Description of the Finns; their Magic Arngrim’s Conquests; marries Osura; 73 their twelve Sons, eminent Pirates, destroyed at Samsoe; Song of the Scalds on the Subject, which throws much light upon the History of the Period; Swafurlam Swafurlam’s rencounter with Dwarfs or 75 Fairies; obtains a wonderful Sword Slain by Arngrim, who marries his 76 Daughter Eyvor Scaldic Story of their twelve Sons 77