A sea-king (Viking lord). Hunding was killed in battle, by Helgi, son of Sigmund.
Hunding was a father of many sons - Alf, Eyjolf, Hervard and Hagbard; and they thought they could avenge their father by waging war against Helgi. However, they were all killed by Helgi, and thereby Helgi earned the epithet of Helgi Hundingsbani - the Bane of Hundings.
By Jimmy Joe
This is the legend of Helgi Hundingsbani , which formed part of Volsunga Saga, the myth of the hero Sigurd and the Niflungs (German Nibelungs). Helgi was a half-brother of Sigurd; their father was Sigmund and their grandfather was Volsung . The ch...
Helgi Hundingsbani was a hero in one chapter of the Volsunga Saga , which followed the same plots of two poems in the Poetic Edda - Helgakvida Hundingsbana I and Helgakvida Hundingsbana II. The death of Helgi appeared in the second Eddaic poem. St...
The name Helgi means "Sacred One", which is a name fitting in Norse mythology for a hero and a prince. However, there are many characters in Norse myths and legends with the name Helgi who were kings, princes or heroes, but only two of these chara...
Helgi was the hero in the Eddaic poem, Helgakvida Hiorvardssonar . He was a son of Hiorvard and Sigrlinn. He was a half-brother of Hedin, son of Alfhild; of Humlung, son of Saereid; of Hymling, son of Sinriod. In the beginning of the 2nd Helgakvid...
Rival of Sigmund. Lyngvi was one of the sons of Hunding.
Helgi Hiorvardsson should not be confused with Helgi Hundingsbani, son of Sigmund and Borghild (Helgi Hundingsbani was also known as Helgi Sigmundarson). This Helgi was a son of Hiorvard and Sigrlinn. Helgi was the hero of the 2nd heroic poem of t...
Valkyrie and lover of the hero Helgi . Sigrun was the daughter of King Hogni. Sigrun was due to marry Hodbrod (Hodbrodd), son of King Granmar, whom she despised and had no intention of marrying. So when Sigrun met Helgi, son of Sigmund , she urged...
According to the Hrolfs saga Kraka, Helgi was a King of Denmark. The saga also made him the son of Halfdan, the brother of Hroar (Old English Hrothgar), and the father of Hrolf Kraki and Skuld. Of the two, Helgi was the more daring than his brothe...
Sigmund was the son of Volsung and Ljod ( Hljod ). He was brother of Signy (his twin), and nine other brothers; no names were ever given for Sigmund's brothers. Sigmund was the only person who could draw out the magic sword Gram ( Balmung ) from t...
Hagen was lord of Troneck. Hagen was the son of Aldrian, and his brother was Dancwart . Hagen was also a kinsman (uncle) of Burgundian kings and Kriemhild . Hagen was renowned as a loyal vassal and henchman of Gunther (Gunnar) in the Nibelungenlie...