Sigrún

Sigrún (Old Norse: /ˈsiɡˌrũːn/; "victory rune"^[1]) is a valkyrja in Norse mythology; the lover of the hero Helgi Hundingsbane.

Poetic Edda[]

Sigrún's story is related in Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, in the Poetic Edda. The original editor annotated that she was Sváfa reborn.

Sigrún is meeted by Helgi Hundingsbane when she leads a band of nine Valkyrjur:

15. Þá brá ljóma

af Logafjǫllum,

en af þeim ljómum

leiftrir kómu,

-- -- --

hávar und hjalmum

á Himinvanga,

brynjur váru þeira

blóði stokknar,

en af geirum

geislar stóðu.^[2]

15. Then glittered light

from Logafjoll,

And from the light

the flashes leaped;

-

High under helms

on heaven's field;

Their byrnies all

with blood were red,

And from their spears

the sparks flew forth.^[3]

The two fall in love, and Sigrún tells Helgi that her father Hǫgni has promised her to Hǫðbroddr, the son of king Granmarr. Helgi invades Granmarr's kingdom and slays anyone opposing their relationship. Only Sigrún's brother Dagr is left alive on condition that he swears fealty to Helgi.

Dagr is however obliged by honor to avenge his brothers and after having summoned Óðinn, the god gives him a spear. In a place called Fjǫturlundr, Dagr kills Helgi and goes back to his sister to tell her of his deed. Sigrún puts Dagr under a powerful curse after which he is obliged to live on carrion in the woods.

Helgi is put in a barrow, but returns from Valhǫll one last time so that the two can spend a night together.

Sigrún dies early from sadness, but is reborn again as a valkyrja. In the next life, she is Kára and Helgi is Helgi Haddingjaskati, whose story is related in Hrómundar saga Gripssonar.

In fiction[]

Video games[]

Sigrún appears as the optional antagonist; known as the Valkyrie Queen in God of War (2018).

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Valkyries (Valkyrjur)

Notes[]

↑ Orchard (1997:194).
↑ Helgakviða Hundingsbana I at «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad», Norway.
↑ Bellow's translation.

References[]

Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN: 0-304-34520-2

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[ORCHARD194-1] Orchard (1997:194).

[2] Helgakviða Hundingsbana I at «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad», Norway.

[3] Bellow's translation.

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