Langfeðgatal

The Langfeðgatal (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈlauŋkˌfɛðkaˌtʰal̥]) is a 12th-century Icelandic genealogy of Scandinavian kings.

The text of the Icelandic Langfeðgatal can be found in AM 415. Jacob Langbek published the text and a translation into Latin in the first volume of Scriptores Rerum Danicarum Medii Ævi, published in 1772.

Raymond Wilson Chambers suggested that the Langfeðgatal, along with Textus Roffensis, the Ættartölur and the "West Saxon Regnal List from 494 to Reign of Æthelred" were influenced by a common Anglo-Saxon archetypal genealogy that existed around 970 CE. Alexander M. Bruce has discussed the Langfeðgatal in a study of Scyld and Scef comparing it with Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies. He noted a difference in the primary branch in that the first name in the genealogy is that of Noah, followed by his son Japheth. This initial line continues through various figures including Jupiter and Priam, the king of Troy to his grandson Thor. Bruce noted the differences to Anglo-Saxon genealogies such as those in the Anglian collection but suggested that the line from Thor "soon refers to names and sequences familiar to us from the Anglo-Saxon works". When this line reaches Odin, it splits into two branches, a Norwegian line of legendary progenitors leading to King Harald Fairhair and a Danish line leading to an eponymous Danish King, Horda-Knute.

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