Agnar

Role: son of Hraudung · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 1

Life events

• Geirröd abandoned Agnar by pushing their ship out to sea.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 1)
  • With: Geirröd
  • “Geirröd was at the ship's prow: he sprang on shore, but pushed the ship out, saying, ‘Go where an evil spirit may get thee.’”
• Agnar becomes king after Geirröd dies.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 2)
  • “Odin then vanished, and Agnar was king for a long time after.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 1

• parent: Hraudung “King Hraudung had two sons, one named Agnar, the other Geirröd.”
• siblings with Geirröd “King Hraudung had two sons, one named Agnar, the other Geirröd.”
• guardian: Frigg “Odin said, ‘Seest thou Agnar, thy foster-son, where he is, getting children with a giantess in a cave? while Geirröd, my foster-son, is a king residing in his country.’”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.