Talk:Stenkil

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I reverted Berig's edit of the section I added. Everything is relative but I do not consider the sources to be rare in this particular case. Ragnvald Ulfsson's family relations are mentioned in at least three icelandic sagas (not counting Hervarar saga). None mention him as the father to Stenkil. This is odd because you would have expected them to mention that while talking about Ragnvalds family if it was true that his son became king. Furthermore, Hervarar saga does not mention that Stenkil's father was a jarl which Ragnvald Ulfsson was, only that Stenkil was high-born. Titles as king and jarl is not something the icelandic sagas forget to mention. The claim that Ragnvald the Old and Ragnvald Ulfsson is the same person is very weak and it should be pointed out. Scholars know that the claim is very weak and do not forget to point out that it is basically just a guess (a hypothesis). However, as far as I know has no scholar bothered to dispute the claim, so it is often carelessly treated as a fact in less academic litterature. But Wikpedia should not make the same mistake by toning down the content of the text I added.

Alright, I can see your point. However, would you care to give me the names of the additional three sagas that talk of Ragvald Ulfsson? I would like to expand his article in the future.--Berig 17:26, 15 August 2007 (UTC)