Áslaug

Daughter of Sigurd and Brynhildr, and the bridge between the Vǫlsung cycle and the saga of Ragnar Loðbrók: raised in hiding as the crow-girl Kráka, she became Ragnar's queen and mother of his sons (Ívarr the Boneless, Björn Ironside, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye), carrying the Vǫlsung blood into the legendary royal lines of Scandinavia.

Parentage

• father: SigurdDaughter of Sigurd and the valkyrie Brynhildr.Ragnars saga loðbrókar ch. 1 (primary)

Children

• Bjorn Ironside
• Ivarr the Boneless
• Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

Epithets

• Kraka Old Norse · Kraka · nameCrow (her name in hiding among the peasants)Ragnars saga lodbrokar; Volsunga saga (Aslaug raised as Kraka) (primary)

Relations

• father: SigurdDaughter of Sigurd and the valkyrie Brynhildr.Ragnars saga loðbrókar ch. 1 (primary)
• sibling: SvanhildHalf-sister; both daughters of Sigurd.Vǫlsunga saga ch. 29, 32 (primary)
• spouse: Ragnar LodbrokReciprocal of norse_ragnar.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)

Sources

• existence: Ragnars saga loðbrókar ch. 1-9 (primary); Vǫlsunga saga ch. 29 (Áslaug named as daughter of Sigurd and Brynhildr) (primary)