Odin Asa-king. Fródi. Fridleif. Skjöld. Vermund the Wise. Fródi the Valiant.[108] Fridleif. Ólaf the Humble. | Fridfródi. Dan the Proud. | Fridleif. Fródi the Peaceful. | Hávar the Hand- | strong. | +-----------------------+---------------------+ | | Ingjald. Hálfdán. Hrœrek Ringniggard. Helgi. Fródi. Hrolf Kraki. Hálfdán. Hróar. Hrœrek Ring-thrower. Valdar the mild. Harald Hilditönn. Harald the old. Hálfdán the Valiant. Ivar Vidfadmi. Aud the Deep-minded = married, 1. Hrœrek Ring-thrower. | 2. Randbard. | | +-------------------------+---------+------------------+ | | Randver. Aslaug. Sigurd Hring. Sigurd Hart. Ragnar Lodbrok. Ragnhild. Sigurd Snake-eye. Harald Fairhair (A.D. 872–933). The following passage from the ‘Later Edda,’ which refers to this branch, may help the curious to fix the dates of these chiefs. According to it Odin the hero lived some years before the beginning of the Christian era. “Skjöld (Shield) was the son of Odin, from whom the Skjöldungar are descended. He dwelt in and ruled over the lands now called Danmörk, which were then called Gotland. Skjöld had a son, Fridleif, who ruled the lands after him. Fridleif’s son Fródi got the kingship after his father, about the time when the Emperor Augustus made peace all over the world; then Christ was born. As Fródi was the most powerful of all kings in the Northern lands, all who spoke the Danish (Dansk) tongue[109] attributed the peace to him, and the Northmen called it the Peace of Fródi. No man did harm to another, even if he met the slayer of his father or his brother bound or loose; no thieves or robbers were then found, so that a gold ring lay for a long time in Jalangr-heath (_i.e._, was not taken by any one)” (‘Later Edda.’ Skáldskaparmal, c. 43). CHAPTER VIII. THE STONE AGE. Prehistoric ages of man—Use of metal unknown—First traces of man—Weapons of flint, bone, &c.—Graves of the Stone Age—Introduction of domestic animals—The cromlech or dolmen always near the sea—Gallery or passage graves—The passage grave of Karleby—Stone coffin graves—Sepulchral chambers—Objects of the Stone Age.