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Ingersoll
Well, the true history of the Ingersoll family is a very interesting history. In it's roots lies myth, legend, and true history. I shall relate the true history, give its transition into mythology, and relate the roll the name has played throughout litereature.
The Name:
The name Ingersoll means “Sons of Inge”. Inge was a Danish (Viking/Nordic/Swedish/anything up there) Cheiftan who raided the west coast of England (I still think England was meant to be named Ingland!). The Name “Inge” means “Pertaining to Ing” (variations are: Inn, In, Inkersall Inkersal, Inge, Ingwe,Yng, Yngwe, Ynge, [and the Ynglings who were the first kings of Sweden]). Going all the way back, Ing was originally a god of the Danes, and Vikings. Tolkien goes into more detail in his book “The Lost Road and Other Writings”, and “The Book of Lost Tales II”, mostly relating the history to the book “Beowulf” and the history of “Aelfwine/Eriol.
“(c) Older and even more mysterious traditions may well still have been current concerning Danish origins: the legend of Ing who came and went back ovber the waves [see II. 305]. Our poet's Scyld has (as it were) replaced Ing.”—The Lost Road and Other Writings, JRR Tolkien.
In the above paragraph I must give a little context. The poet he is talking about would be the poet of the poem Beowulf, and the Scyld is one of the main characters. It is also interesting to note that Hrothgar (ruller of Herot) is named as a descendant of “Ing(w)e”. I also was very surprised to find out that the Russian name “Igor” means, “Ing's Captain”!
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