Borghild

Norse · mortal · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification

Children

Helgi Hundingsbane

Relations

spouse: SigmundWife of Sigmund; the existing Sigmund entry names Borghild as mother of Helgi. Reciprocal needed on norse_sigmund.Völsunga saga ch. 10 (primary)
mother of: Helgi HundingsbaneMother of Helgi Hundingsbane by Sigmund.Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, prose; Völsunga saga ch. 9 (primary)
enemy: SinfjötliPoisoned her stepson Sinfjötli in vengeance for her brother; reciprocal needed on norse_sinfjotli.Völsunga saga ch. 10 (primary)

Sources

existence: Völsunga saga ch. 10; Poetic Edda, prose passage Frá dauða Sinfjǫtla; Helgakviða Hundingsbana I-II (primary)

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