Helgakvitha Hundingsbana 2 - Episode 101
Feb 25th, 2009 by spokenlore
King Sigmund, the son of Volsung, had a wife Borghild, from Bralund. They named their son Helgi, after Helgi Hjorvarthsson; Hagal was Helgi’s foster-father. Hunding was the name of a powerful king, and Hundland is named from him. He was a mighty warrior, and had many sons with him on his campaigns. There was enmity and strife between these two, King Hunding and King Sigmund, and each slew the other’s kinsmen. King Sigmund and his family were called Volsungs and Ylfings.
Helgi went as a spy to the home of King Hunding in disguise. Haeming, a son of King Hunding’s, was at home. When Helgi went forth, then he met a young herdsman, and said:
“Say to Haeming that Helgi knows Whom the heroes in armor hid; A gray wolf had they within their hall, Whom King Hunding Hamal thought.”
~ Helgakvitha Hundingsbana 2, Introduction and Stanza 1
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