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Need parents of Olaf "Mitkg" Bjornsson, Kg. of Sweden b. 885

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don

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Dec 26, 2009, 10:29:29 AM12/26/09
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Who were parents of Olaf "Mitkg" Bjornsson, King of Sweden b. 885?
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Don

M Sjostrom

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Dec 26, 2009, 10:45:25 AM12/26/09
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"Need parents of Olaf "Mitkg" Bjornsson, Kg. of Sweden b. 885"

frankly, nobody needs those parents.
because the entire Olof Björnson is already a mythical or legendary figure,
and any parents to him are only parts of myths, not anything attested in
contemporary documentation.

any birthdate (such as that year 885) for this, possibly fictional, guy are
totally unhistorical. attestation lacks.... And makes this look ridiculous.

This should be known about alleged Swedish kings of that alleged epoch.

Because the identification of this particular fictional character is of
course difficult (what concoction or story does he come from to the question
here?), and the ridiculously made-up bith year makes it stupid, the question
remains unanswerable even as to the information from fictional literature.

I want to remind that this group is about research of genealogy, not about
spreading mythology as genealogy.

For example, it is unclear to me whether this question means this
semi-legendary Olof Björnson, or someone else
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_%28II%29_Bj%C3%B6rnsson
The concocted birth year (to wit, 885) would make next to impossible to
identify with this, because on basis of saga mateerial, this semi-legendary
kinglet flourished still in early 970s. Things which do not sit well with an
octagenarian man....

James Hogg

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Dec 27, 2009, 3:17:57 AM12/27/09
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M Sjostrom <mqs...@gmail.com> wrote:

>"Need parents of Olaf "Mitkg" Bjornsson, Kg. of Sweden b. 885"
>
>frankly, nobody needs those parents.

>because the entire Olof Bj�rnson is already a mythical or legendary figure,


>and any parents to him are only parts of myths, not anything attested in
>contemporary documentation.


Well said.

Have you got any theories as to what the totaly impossible
epithet "Mitkg" is a mistake for?

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James

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