Mythology for Dummies by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Published: 2023-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Some father-son exploits

Sigmund and Sinfjotli went home and had various adventures. Sigmund married a woman named Borghild. Sinfjotli and Borghild’s brother got into a fight over a woman, and Sinfjotli killed the other man. Borghild poisoned Sinfjotli in revenge, and Sigmund drove Borghild away from the court; she died soon thereafter.

The story of Borghild’s poisoning Sinfjotli is very similar to the Greek tale of Medea trying to poison the hero Theseus at his father’s court. Chapter 6 has that story.

Sigmund then married a second time. His new wife was Hjordis, the daughter of a powerful king named Eylimi, and the fairest and wisest of all women. Another man wanted to marry her, and her father knew that the choice would bring trouble whomever he chose. So he let Hjordis choose. She picked Sigmund, even though he was very old by now.

Shortly after Sigmund and Hjordis married, his rival for her affections went to war against him. Sigmund was mortally wounded (after a battlefield visit by Odin; see Chapter 12 for more on Odin’s interest in fallen warriors), and his famous sword broke. After the battle, Hjordis found him dying on the field. He told her that she’d bear a son who’d be the foremost of the Volsung line. He asked her to save the pieces of his sword, which would be made into a new sword named Gram; his son would use that sword. Then he died.

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