Hather (son of Hlenne)

Also known as: Hatfier / Hather · First appears: Book Eight · Part 7

In Book Eight · Part 7, Hather was identified as the son of Hlenne, whom Starkad had killed. In Book Eight · Part 8, Starkad offered Hather his throat and urged him to punish his father’s slayer, promising him the gold he had received from Hlenne if he did so.

In Book Eight · Part 9, Hather struck off Starkad’s head, then had his body buried in the field called Rolung.

Relationship record

Life events

• Starkad offered Hather his throat and urged him to kill him for slaying his father.(Book Eight · Part 8)
  • With: Starkad
  • “he offered him his throat to smite, bidding him not to shrink from punishing the slayer of his father.”
• Starkad promised Hather the gold he had received from Hlenne if Hather killed him.(Book Eight · Part 8)
  • With: Starkad
  • “He promised him that if he did so he should possess the gold which he had himself received from Hlenne.”
• Hather killed Starkad by striking off his head.(Book Eight · Part 9)
  • With: Starkad
  • “So Hather smote sharply with the sword and hacked off the head of the old man.”
• Hather buried Starkad in the field commonly called Rolung.(Book Eight · Part 9 · 📍 Rolung)
  • With: Starkad
  • “But he would not allow so great a champion to lie unsepulchred, and had his body buried in the field that is commonly called Rolung.”

Book Eight · Part 7

• parent: Hlenne “This was seen by a certain Hather, whose father Hlenne Starkad had once killed in repentance for his own impious crime.”

Book Eight · Part 8

• parent: Hlenne “At last, when he found by their talk that Hather was the son of Hlenne, and saw that the youth was of illustrious birth, he offered him his throat to smite, bidding him not to shrink from punishing the slayer of his father.”
• enemies with Starkad “At last, when he found by their talk that Hather was the son of Hlenne, and saw that the youth was of illustrious birth, he offered him his throat to smite, bidding him not to shrink from punishing the slayer of his father.”

Book Eight · Part 9

• enemies with Starkad “So Hather smote sharply with the sword and hacked off the head of the old man.”
• parent: Hlenne “But Hather, desiring as much to enjoy the gold as to accomplish vengeance for his father, promised that he would comply with his prayer, and would not refuse the reward.”
• benefactor: Starkad “So saying, he took money from his pouch and gave it him.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.