Talk:Eowils and Halfdan

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Calling Eowils "Ragnar's son" seems unjustified. Ragnar Lodbrok is a fictional character and the saga of Ragnar's sons is nearly worthless as history. It has been argued that, based on their names, that Halfdan and Eowils (Asl/Auðgisl/Auisle) were kinsmen of Ívarr. Ímar/Ívarr seemingly did have brothers called Halfdan and "Eowils", but Halfdan/Albdann was killed in battle on Strangford Lough in 877 and Asl/Auisle in 867 in north Britain by Olaf/Amlaíb. But Æthelweard's Ívarr may not be the same person as the Irish Ímar. Æthelweard's Ívarr died in 870, but the Irish one lived until 873. It seems to me that this is most easily explained by the Irish annals being contemporary and Æthelweard writing at the end of the tenth century and thus confusing things, but plenty of historians doubt that the two personages are one and the same. Angus McLellan (Talk) 18:27, 2 February 2008 (UTC)