Sigrid
First appears: Book Seven · Part 5
In Book Seven · Part 5, Ebbe sought to marry Sigrid, daughter of Yngwin, King of the Goths, and demanded half the Gothic kingdom as her dowry. In Book Seven · Part 6, she is identified as the daughter of Siwald; after she was enticed away from her father’s house and carried off by a giant, Ottar found and rescued her, then aided her escape from a woman of the woods.
In Book Seven · Part 7, Sigrid accepted Ottar as her husband after he abandoned the pretended marriage. She explained how she had been carried away and brought Ottar back into the king’s favour.
Relationship record
Life events
- Ebbe sought to marry Sigrid and demanded half the Gothic kingdom as her dowry.(Book Seven · Part 5)
- Sigrid was enticed away from her father's house and carried off by a giant.(Book Seven · Part 6)
- “and at last enticed her far from her father's house, by cunningly going out of the way; then the giant rushed upon her and bore her off into the closest fastnesses of a ledge on the mountain.”
- Ottar found Sigrid, slew the giant, and carried her away.(Book Seven · Part 6)
- With: Ottar
- “When Ottar heard of this, he ransacked the recesses of the mountain in search of the maiden, found her, slew the giant, and bore her off.”
- Ottar aided Sigrid to escape from the woman of the woods.(Book Seven · Part 6)
- With: Ottar
- “Again Ottar granted her his aid to set her free”
- Sigrid accepted Ottar as her husband after he abandoned the pretended marriage.(Book Seven · Part 7)
- With: Ottar
- “Then, modestly lifting her eyes, she turned her calm gaze upon him; and straightway, the pretended marriage being put away, went up unto the bride-bed to be his wife.”
- Sigrid explained her abduction and brought Ottar back into the king's favour.(Book Seven · Part 7)
- With: Ottar
- “But Sigrid at once explained how she had happened to be carried away, and not only brought Ottar back into the king's favour”
Book Seven · Part 5
- admirer: Ebbe “He was a suitor for Sigrid, the daughter of Yngwin, King of the Goths, and moreover demanded half the Gothic kingdom for her dowry.”
- parent: Yngwin “He was a suitor for Sigrid, the daughter of Yngwin, King of the Goths, and moreover demanded half the Gothic kingdom for her dowry.”
Book Seven · Part 6
- parent: Siwald (father of Sigrid and Sigar) “Siwald's daughter, Sigrid, was of such excellent modesty, that though a great concourse of suitors wooed her for her beauty, it seemed as if she could not be brought to look at one of them.”
- admirer: Ottar “Then one Ottar, the son of Ebb, kindled with confidence in the greatness either of his own achievements, or of his courtesy and eloquent address, stubbornly and ardently desired to woo the maiden.”
- benefactor: Ottar “When Ottar heard of this, he ransacked the recesses of the mountain in search of the maiden, found her, slew the giant, and bore her off.”
Book Seven · Part 7
- married with Ottar “Then, modestly lifting her eyes, she turned her calm gaze upon him; and straightway, the pretended marriage being put away, went up unto the bride-bed to be his wife.”
- parent: Siwald (father of Sigrid and Sigar) “Siwald afterwards seized Ottar, and thought that he ought to be hanged for defiling his daughter.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.