Hunding

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

In Chapter IX, King Hunding fought Helgi, who defeated him, and Hunding fell in battle. His sons Alf, Eyolf, Herward and Hagbard gathered an army to avenge their father; in Chapter XI, Lyngi is named as another son of Hunding.

Relationship record

Life events

• Helgi defeats King Hunding in battle, and Hunding falls.(Chapter IX · How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun · Part 1)
  • With: Helgi
  • “they fell to battle together, and Helgi went forth mightily, and such was the end of that fight that Helgi had the victory, but King Hunding fell”

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

• enemies with Helgi “they fell to battle together, and Helgi went forth mightily, and such was the end of that fight that Helgi had the victory, but King Hunding fell and many of his men with him”
• child: Alf “the sons of Hunding draw together a great army to avenge their father”
• child: Eyolf “the sons of Hunding draw together a great army to avenge their father”
• child: Herward “the sons of Hunding draw together a great army to avenge their father”
• child: Hagbard “the sons of Hunding draw together a great army to avenge their father”

Chapter XI · Of King Sigmund's last Battle, and of how he must yield up his Sword again

• child: Lyngi “thither also was come King Lyngi, son of King Hunding, and he also is a-wooing the daughter of King Eylimi.”

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