]ldungasaga's_ account, there are important correspondences.
Fridleus I (Saxo) = Fridleifus I (_Skjs._). Frotho III, son of Fridleus
I (Saxo) = Frotho I, son of Fridleifus I (_Skjs._). Fridleus II, son of
Frotho III (Saxo) = Fridleifus II, son of Frotho III (_Skjs._). Frotho
IV (Saxo) = Frotho IV (_Skjs._); and in both sources Frotho IV is the
Danish king in whose career Swerting plays such a prominent part. By
omitting all of Saxo's kings between Scioldus and Fridleifus I, among
whom are also the Hroar-Helgi group, the _Skj[o.]ldungasaga_ has avoided
the difficulty of having to deal with Hroar, Helgi, and Hrolf Kraki
where they first occur in Saxo's history.
The paralleling of the two lines of kings also furnishes the key to the
explanation of how the different names and a different setting for the
Hroar-Helgi story, from those found in other versions, got into Saxo's
version. Since the Hroar-Helgi story appears in the same place in his
line of kings as in that of the _Skj[o.]ldungasaga_, he must also have
known the names that really belonged to the story.
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