Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

Son of Ragnar Lodbrok and Aslaug, named in the corpus entry for Aslaug; the serpent-mark in his eye confirmed Aslaug's Volsung ancestry. Remembered as a Viking-age king in Denmark. Classed mortal.

Parentage

• maternal: Áslaug
• paternal: Ragnar Lodbrok

Epithets

• ormr í auga Old Norse · Sigurðr ormr í auga · byname'Snake-in-the-Eye' (the serpent-mark in his eye)Ragnars saga loðbrókar; Ragnarssona þáttr (primary)

Relations

• sibling: Ivarr the BonelessBrothers, sons of Ragnar and Aslaug.Ragnarssona thattr (the brothers Ivarr, Bjorn and Sigurd). (primary)
• sibling: Bjorn IronsideBrothers, sons of Ragnar and Aslaug.Ragnarssona thattr. (primary)

Sources

• existence: Ragnars saga lodbrokar ch. 9 (Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, born with a serpent-mark in his eye, son of Ragnar and Aslaug). (primary); Ragnarssona thattr (Tale of Ragnar's Sons). (primary)