The Story of the Volsungs

Hogni (father of Sigrun)

Also known as: Hogni · Role: king · First appears: Chapter IX · How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun · Part 1

Life events

  • Hogni promises Sigrun to Hodbrod, but Sigrun vows she will not have him as her husband.(Chapter IX · How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun · Part 1)
    • With: Sigrun Hodbrod
    • “King Hogni has promised me to Hodbrod, the son of King Granmar, but I have vowed a vow that I will have him to my husband no more than if he were a crow's son and not a king's”

Chapter IX · How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun · Part 1

  • child: Sigrun “she named herself Sigrun, and said she was daughter of King Hogni”

Edda · Part of the Second Lay of Helgi Hundings-bane

  • child: Dag “Dag, the son of Hogni, sacrificed to Odin”
  • child: Sigrun “White maiden of Hogni, Here in the mound:”

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