The Völsunga Saga on Olaf the White

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > With Excerpts From The Poetic Edda > Introduction

• relationship: Olaf the White, the first Viking king of Dublin, was traditionally considered a descendant of Sigurd the Volsung

  "the last named, of which the first king, Olaf the White, was traditionally descended of Sigurd the Volsung"

The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > With Excerpts From The Poetic Edda > Endnotes:

• relationship: Olaf the White's lineage traced through Ingiald, Thora daughter of Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye, son of Ragnar Lodbrok by Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd by Brynhild

  "He was son of Ingiald, son of Thora, daughter of Sigurd Snake-I'-th'-eye, son of Ragnar Lodbrok by Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd by Brynhild."

• attestation: The genealogy connecting Olaf the White to Sigurd the Volsung is acknowledged as mythical

  "The genealogy is, doubtless, quite mythical."