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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Rerir

Rerir was the son of Sigi and grandson of Odin. He avenged his father's death. Rerir succeeded his father and became king of Hunland (or the Huns).

Rerir and his wife were having difficulties having a son, so Rerir prayed to the gods. Odin heard his prayer and asked his wife Frigg to help him. Frigg had an apple from Hrimnir, and had Hrimnir's daughter Hljod deliver it to Rerir by a crow. Once Rerir and his wife ate the apple, his wife became pregnant. However, the pregnancy lasted six years. Rerir died from illness during a war. His wife died giving birth to Volsung.

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Rerir Sigason.

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Sigi, Hljod, Volsung.

Völsunga Saga.

Jimmy Joe Timeless Myths

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Minor Norse Characters:

  • • Atli (Attila)
  • • Fafnir
  • • Guttorm
  • • Heimir
  • • Hreidmar
  • • Hunding
  • • Jormunrek
  • • Lyngvi
  • • Mimir
  • • Otter
  • • Regin
  • • Rerir
  • • Siggeir
  • • Sigi
  • • Volsung
Sigi

Sigi

Sigi was the son of Odin. He had murdered another hunter and thrall named Bredi who out-performed him. He left the body in the snowdrift. Sigi later became king of the Huns, and ruled in the kingdom called Hunland. He married and had a son named R...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Volsung

Volsung

King of the Huns. Volsung was the son of Rerir. Volsung's mother died giving birth to Volsung. Volsung experienced no infancy because his mother's pregnancy lasted for six years. Volsung could already talk when he was born. His childhood was short...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Volsungs

Volsungs

Beginning Signy & Sigmund Death of Sigmund & Sinfjotli Beginning Sigi was a great hunter, yet was a thrall of Skadi named Bredi who had matched his prowess in hunting and bested him. In a jealous rage, he killed Bredi, hiding the body in a snowdri...

August 10th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hljod

Hljod

A wish-maiden or óskmær and the wife of Volsung . Hljod was a daughter of the giant Hrimnir. Hljod first appeared in the Volsunga Saga, serving Odin as a wish-maiden, one of the many names for a valkyrie. When Rerir , son of Sigi and grandson of O...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Rind

Rind

Rind was the mother of Vali , by Odin. Rind gave birth to Vali just after Balder's death. Vali grew man or giant-sized overnight, to avenge Balder by killing Hod . Rind was sometimes seen as the sun goddess, but she was possibly the goddess of the...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Siggeir

Siggeir

King of the Goths. Siggeir induced Volsung to allow him to marry Signy. Signy however was not happy with it. When an old man stuck a beautiful magic sword in the great oak tree Branstock, no one could draw the sword out except Sigmund, Volsung's y...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Minor Norse Characters

Minor Norse Characters

The majority of the characters here come from the Völsunga Saga (Volsunga Saga) and from the Eddas. So for the full story, read the Völsunga Saga . Volsungs Giukings (Niflungs) For Niflung, see Hogni . For Hamdir, Sorli and Erp, see Gudrun . Other...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Sinfjotli

Sinfjotli

Sinfjotli was the son from the incestuous relation of Sigmund and his sister Signy . Sinfjotli was the half-brother of Sigurd, Helgi and Hamund. Sinfjotli was born as the result of Signy, who secretly disguised herself as a young witch, who visite...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Sigmund

Sigmund

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...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Signy

Signy

Signy was the daughter of Volsung and Ljod ( Hljod ). She was the sister of Sigmund (her twin) and nine other brothers. Signy was the reluctant bride of Siggeir , king of Gothland. She immediately knew that Siggeir was treacherous and murderous. S...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe

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