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Helgi Hundingsbane is a hero in Norse sagas. Helgi appears in Volsunga saga and in two lays in the Poetic Edda named Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II . The Poetic Edda relates that Helgi and his mistress Sigrún were Helgi Hjörvarðsson and Sváva of the Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar reborn .
As Helgi later lay dying he asked Svafa to marry Hethin, but Hethin told Svafa to kiss him and that she would not see him again until he had avenged his brother. Helgi and Sváfa were reborn as Helgi Hundingsbane and Sigrún. [277] [278] Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar: Sváfa 2: Old Norse: Sváfa: See Sváfa 1
Alf was the son of a king named Hunding who was killed by Sigmund's son Helgi, who thus earned himself the cognomen Hundingsbane. Helgakviða Hundingsbana I tells that Helgi refused to give his sons compensation, and so they attacked him but were defeated and killed. [ 71 ]
Hunding was a powerful king who was killed by Sigmund's son Helgi, who thus earned himself the cognomen Hundingsbane, and Helgakviða Hundingsbana I adds that Helgi was only 15 years old. The lay tells that he refused to give his sons compensation, and so they attacked him but were defeated and killed. [62]
Helgi returns to Valhalla "Völsungakviða in forna" or "Helgakviða Hundingsbana II" ("The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane") is an Old Norse poem found in the Poetic Edda. It constitutes one of the Helgi lays together with Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar.
In Helgakviða Hundingsbana II and Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar in the Poetic Edda describe the rebirth of the lovers Helgi Hundingsbane and Sváva, and Helgi and Sigrún respectively. [50] Rebirth is also suggested in some sagas such as of Starkaðr and Olaf Geirstad-Alf , the latter case of which is directly associated with entry into the ...
Hagal was the foster-father of Helgi Hundingsbane. When Helgi had spied in the hall of Hunding, he revealed himself on purpose to Hunding's son Heming by telling a shepherd that he was the man they had thought was Hamal, Hagal's son. As Helgi was Hagal's foster-son, Hunding sent a search party to Hagal led by his evil counsellor Blind.
In the Edda, the poem is a sequel to Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar whose heroes Helgi Hjörvarðsson and Sváfa are reborn as Helgi Hundingsbane and Sigrún. However, in Codex Regius, it is actually followed by Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar. The poem begins in a location called Brálund with the birth of Helgi Hundingbane, the son of Sigmund and ...