Aun the Old (
Aun inn gamli, latinized
Auchun, English: "Edwin the Old")
mythical Swedish king of the
House of Yngling in the
Heimskringla. Aun was the son of
Jorund, and had ten sons, nine of which he was said to have sacrificed in order to prolong his own life. Based on the internal chronology of the
House of Yngling, Aun would have died late in the 5th century. He was succeeded by his son Egil Vendelcrow (
Íslendingabók:
Egill Vendilkráka) identified with
Ongentheow of the
Beowulf narrative and placed in the early 6th century.