Editing Ullr (section)

==Scholarly theories==
The place-name evidence and the *''wulþuz'' cognates have led many scholars to conclude that Ullr was one of the older Norse gods, whose importance had waned by the time of settlement of northern parts of Norway, well before the medieval Old Norse texts were written down.{{Sfn|de Vries|1970b|pp=156–157}} This is reflected in the lack of literary evidence for the name ''Ullinn''.<ref>Olsen, Magnus., trans. Theodor Gleditsch. ''Farms and Fanes of Ancient Norway''. Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning, 1928, pp.&nbsp;140, 301.</ref> Some scholars have suggested that he was an aspect of the ancient Germanic sky-god,{{Sfn|de Vries|1970b|pp=156–157}} perhaps corresponding in northern Scandinavia to [[Týr]] in Denmark.<ref>Turville-Petre, ''Myth and Religion of the North'', p. 184.</ref> Based on the association of ''Ullr'' and ''Ullinn'' placenames with [[Vanir]] deities, [[Ernst Alfred Philippson]] suggested that contrary to his placement in the ''Prose Edda'' among the [[Æsir]], he was himself one of the Vanir,<ref>[[Ernst Alfred Philippson|Philippson, Ernst Alfred]]. ''Die Genealogie der Götter in Germanischer Religion, Mythologie, und Theologie''. Urbana: The University of Illinois Press, 1953. pp.&nbsp;30–31.</ref> and the similarity between the ''Prose Edda'' description of his characteristics and those of [[Skaði]] have suggested to some that there was a link between him and Skaði's husband, [[Njörðr]].<ref>Turville-Petre, ''Myth and Religion of the North'', p. 182.</ref>

[[Viktor Rydberg]] speculates in his  ''Teutonic Mythology'' that Ullr was the son of [[Sif]] by [[Agilaz|Egill]]-[[Örvandill]], half-brother of [[Svipdagr]]-[[Óðr]], nephew of [[Wayland the Smith|Völundr]] and a cousin of [[Skaði]], and that Ullr followed in the footsteps of Egill, the greatest archer in the mythology, and helped Svipdagr-Eiríkr rescue Freyja from the giants. Rydberg also postulates that Ullr ruled over the Vanir when they held [[Ásgarðr]] during the war between the Vanir and the Æsir,  but [[Rudolf Simek]] has stated that "this has no basis in the sources whatsoever".<ref name ="Simek">{{cite journal| last =Simek| first =Rudolf| author-link =Rudolf Simek| title =The Vanir: An Obituary| journal =Retrospective Methods Network Newsletter| volume = Dec 2010| pages =12| publisher =University of Helsinki| location =University of Helsinki| date =December 2010| language =en| url =https://www.helsinki.fi/en/networks/retrospective-methods-network| access-date = February 4, 2019}}</ref>