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Helgi (Skjoldung)
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 Hroth...
By Jimmy Joe
Halfdan
King of Denmark. According to the Hrolfs saga Kraka, Halfdan was brother of Frodi and father of Helgi and Hroar. His reign didn't last long, becaus...
By Jimmy Joe
Frodi
King of Denmark. According to Icelandic tradition, especially from the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, Frodi's reign marked a period of peace in the no...
By Jimmy Joe
Bodvar Bjarki
Champion of Hrolf Kraki. Most of what we know about Bodvar comes from the Hrolfs saga Kraka, a story about the Skiodung dynasty, where he appeared ...
By Jimmy Joe
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. Sin...
By Jimmy Joe
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 Ha...
By Jimmy Joe
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'...
By Jimmy Joe
Hogni
A Giuking. Hogni of Troja was the son of Giuki and Grimhild. He was the brother of Gunnar, Guttorm and Gudrun. But in the Thiðrekssaga, Högni of Tr...
By Jimmy Joe
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 Hundi...
By Jimmy Joe
Fylgjur
The Fylgjur were female protective spirits where each fylgja attached herself to an individual at birth. The fylgja remained with that person for t...
By Jimmy Joe
Helgi Hiorvardsson
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 Alf...
By Jimmy Joe
Gunnar
King of Burgundy. Gunnar was the son of Giuki (Gjúki) and Grimhild. He was the brother of Hogni, Guttorm and Gudrun. He succeeded his father at Giu...
By Jimmy Joe
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