Frothi IV in
the _Skj[o.]ldungasaga_ corresponds to the Frothi mentioned in the
_Hr?lfssaga_. Thus, as a fratricide, Frothi IV in the _Skj[o.]ldungasaga_
corresponds to the Frothi in the _Hr?lfssaga_, and as the victim of
Swerting, he corresponds to Frothi IV in Saxo; while the account of
Frothi, Ingjald's son, as the slayer of his half-brother Hroar,
preserves the idea that Frothi V (in Saxo) is his brother's slayer.
The _Skj[o.]ldungasaga_ has, therefore, amply retained the idea of
Frothi as a fratricide, and contains an account that, in a way,
embraces the essential features of the treatment of the same period in
the _Hr?lfssaga_, on the one hand, and in Saxo, on the other. The
relationship in the _Skj[o.]ldungasaga_ of Frothi (Ingjald's father),
Swerting, Ingjald, and Swerting's daughter is identical with that in
the Ingjald lay.
Thus we see how, at the most conspicuous and interesting juncture of
the Danish royal line, the _Skj[o.]ldungasaga_ harmonizes conflicting
traditions.
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