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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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  4. Sigrun

Sigrun

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 the hero into battle against Hodbrod.

The sons of Hunding, enemies of Helgi, became allies of Hodbrodd. Helgi had killed their father in an earlier war. Helgi, with the help of his half-brother Sinfjotli, defeated and killed Hodbrod in battle. Hunding's sons - Alf, Eyolf, Herward and Hagbard - were also killed.

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Sigrun.

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Helgi, Sinfjotli.

See Helgi Hundingsbani in The Two Helgi for full legend.

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Valkyries:

  • • Brynhild (Brünhild)
  • • Gudrun (Grimhild, Kriemhild)
  • • Hjordis (Sisibe)
  • • Signy
  • • Svanhild (Swanhild)
  • • Sigrun
  • • Svava
  • • Hljod
  • • Swan-Maidens
  • • Olof
  • • Other Valkyries
Helgi Hundingsbani (Helgi Sigmundarson)

Helgi Hundingsbani (Helgi Sigmundarson)

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...

April 4th, 2010 • Jimmy Joe
Helgi Hundingsbani

Helgi Hundingsbani

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...

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
Brynhild (Brünhild)

Brynhild (Brünhild)

A Valkyrie . Brynhild was the daughter of Budli. She was the sister of Atli and Bekkhild, and possibly of Oddrun. Brynhild was also the foster-daughter of Heimir. In an Eddaic poem, Helreid Brynhildar ( Brynhild's Ride to Hell ), it says that she ...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Hjordis (Sisibe)

Hjordis (Sisibe)

In the Icelandic legend, Hjördís (Hjordis) was the wife of Sigmund and the mother of the hero Sigurd . Hjördís is known by various names. In the Icelandic works she was Hjördís or Hiordis the daughter of King Eylimi (though in the song of Hyndla ,...

August 16th, 2003 • Jimmy Joe
Sigurd

Sigurd

In the Norse legends, Sigurd was the son of Sigmund and Hjordis , who was the daughter of Eylimi. He was the half-brother of Sinfjotli, Helgi and Hamund. Note that in the Thiðrekssaga (Norwegian saga), Sigurd's mother was Sisibe , daughter of Nidu...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Helgi Hiorvardsson

Helgi Hiorvardsson

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...

April 4th, 2010 • 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
Svava

Svava

Valkyrie in the Helgarkvida Hiorvardssonar ( Lay of Helgi Hiorvardsson , Poetic Edda). Svava was a daughter of Eylimi. If this Eylimi was the same king as in the Icelandic saga of the Volsungs, then this would make her the sister of Hjordis , who ...

August 16th, 2003 • 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

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