Aening

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Aeningia was passed down from Pliny as the name of the world with Scandinavia in the north. It is presumably identical to the name Enea handed down by Sturluson for Europe : kallaðr Evrópá eða Énéá

See also

Ingaevonen

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pliny : Naturalis historia , IV, 96
  2. ↑ Snorri Sturluson : Heimskringla , Ynglinga saga 1
  3. ^ Snorri Sturluson : Edda , foreword