Also known as Aun inn gamli, Audhun, the Elder, Edwin, Edwin the Old
thumb|250px|Illustration by Erik Werenskiold, from the first edition of [[Gustav Storm's Norwegian translation of Heimskringla (published 1899).]] thumb|right|250px|East royal tumulus at Gamla Uppsala|Old Upsala, suggested grave of King Edwin the Old Aun the Old (Old Norse Aunn inn gamli, Latinized Auchun, Proto-Norse *Audawiniʀ: English: "Edwin the Old") is a 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
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thumb|250px|Illustration by Erik Werenskiold, from the first edition of [[Gustav Storm's Norwegian translation of Heimskringla (published 1899).]] thumb|right|250px|East royal tumulus at Gamla Uppsala|Old Upsala, suggested grave of King Edwin the Old Aun the Old (Old Norse Aunn inn gamli, Latinized Auchun, Proto-Norse *Audawiniʀ: English: "Edwin the Old") is a 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 fifth century. He was succeeded by his son Egil Vendelcrow (Íslendingabók: Egill Vendilkráka) identified with Ongentheow of the Beowulf narrative and placed in the early sixth century.
==Ynglingatal== Ruling from his seat in Uppsala, Aun was reputedly a wise king who made sacrifices to the gods. However, he was not of a warlike disposition and preferred to live in peace. He was attacked and defeated by the Danish prince Halfdan. Aun fled to the Geats in Västergötland, where he stayed for 25 years until Halfdan died in his bed in Uppsala.