Helgi Hundingsbane
Norse · scion · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Son of Sigmund by Borghild and half-brother of Sigurd. The hero of the two Helgi-lays of the Poetic Edda: slayer of Hunding, beloved of the valkyrie Sigrún, and — uniquely in the corpus — a dead hero who rides back from the grave to his mourning bride, a haunting attached to the belief that the lovers were reborn.
Parentage
- father: SigmundSon of Sigmund by Borghild.Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, prose (primary)
- parent: Borghild
Relations
- father: SigmundSon of Sigmund by Borghild.Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, prose (primary)
- sibling: SigurdHalf-brother of Sigurd.Vǫlsunga saga ch. 9 (primary)
- spouse: SigrúnReciprocal of norse_sigrun.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
Sources
- existence: Helgakviða Hundingsbana I & II (Poetic Edda) (primary); Vǫlsunga saga ch. 9 (primary)