Valkyries, selectors of heroes: their roles within Viking & Anglo Saxon Heathen beliefs by Jennings Pete

Author:Jennings, Pete [Jennings, Pete]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Gruff Books
Published: 2015-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

Skáldskaparmál & Húsdrápa

The poem relates how Sigmund's son Helgi Hundingsbane agreed to take Sigrún the Valkyrie daughter of Högni as his wife against her unwilling betrothal to Hodbrodd son of Granmar the king of Södermanland. A fuller version occurs in the paragraphs below.

Within Skáldskaparmál there is a quotation from a poem Húsdrápa by the skald (poet) Úlfr Uggason who lived in the 10th century. Describing Balder’s funeral feast he says:

There I perceive valkyries and ravens,

accompanying the wise victory-tree

to the drink of the holy offering.

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