Heimskringla Funeral Rites

Óðinn established in his land the laws that had previously been observed
among the Æsir. He ordained that all dead people must be burned and that
their possessions should be laid on a pyre with them. He said that everyone
should come to Valhǫll with such wealth as he had on his pyre, and that each
would also have the benefit of whatever he himself had buried in the earth.
But the ashes were to be taken out to sea or buried down in the earth, and
mounds were to be built as memorials to great men, and memorial stones
were to be raised for all those who were of any account, and this custom
lasted for a long time after that. Then one sacrifice was to be held towards
winter for a good season, one in the middle of winter for the crops, and a
third in summer; that was the sacrifice for victory.

All over Svíþjóð tribute was paid to Óðinn, a penny for each nose,
while he was to protect their land from hostility and make sacrifices for good
seasons on their behalf. Njǫrðr married a woman called Skaði. She would not
have relations with him and later married Óðinn. They had many sons. One
of them was called Sæmingr. About him Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed this:

2. Honoured by shields,
the Æsir’s kin,
on the troll-woman
a tribute-bringer,
when the poets’ friend
and famous Skaði
made their home
in Manheimar.

3. . . . of sea’s bone
and sons in plenty
the ski-goddess
got with Óðinn.

Jarl Hákon inn ríki traced back his paternal ancestry to Sæmingr. They called
this Svíþjóð Mannheimar, but Svíþjóð inn mikla (the Great) they called
Goðheimar (World of the Gods). They told many stories about Goðheimar.


- Heimskringla, Ynglinga Saga, Chapter 8