A chieftain in Hlymdale. Heimir married Bekkhild, sister of Brynhild. They had a son named Alswid. Heimir became the foster father of Brynhild.
Sigurd was a guest of Alswid, with whom he shared some of his treasure.
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In the epic Thiðrekssaga, a long-time friend of Thiðrek. Heimir was the son of Studas. Heimir's real name was also Studas like his father, but he adopted a new name. At the age of twelve, he named himself after the great dragon Heimir. His father ...
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 Helgakvida...
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...
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 chap...
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 was...
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 the g...
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. Str...
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, h...
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 Odi...
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 t...