King Gylfi was the last male-line descendant of Othni, the first King of Scania. The infant was adopted by Queen Gefjon, called 'The Snow Queen', the childless daughter and successor of the ancient Scandinavian king Gylfi. The Scyldings, according to mythology, descended from Scyld 'Scefing', a babe of unknown parentage or origin found lying asleep on a 'sheaf of corn' in a boat that drifted 'across the sea' to the coast of Scania. The Scyldings conquered Denmark and transferred their seat there and gave Denmark its second dynasty. The Scyldings were the successors of the original dynasty of Scania, the Boreades, which had itself become extinct. The dynasty was possibly over a thousand years old when it was overthrown around the beginning of our common era by the Scyldings (Skjoldungas) who came from the Swedish province of Skaane. The first Danish dynasty was of the original Vanir race of Scandinavia. The early Danish kingdom was centered in Zealand, Falster, and Laaland, and its kings sat at Leire, near Roskilde, in Zealand.

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