Brodd (son of Finn)

Also known as: Brodd · Role: child of Finn · First appears: Book Four · Part 14

In Book Four · Part 14, Huyrwil took Brodd, one of Finn’s five children and a sibling of Bild, Bug, Fanning and Gunholm, into his alliance. When Fridleif the Swift defeated Huyrwil’s army at Zealand and killed Huyrwil, Bug, Fanning and Gunholm, Brodd and Bild cut their ships’ cables at night and deserted their companions.

Relationship record

Life events

• Huyrwil took Finn’s five children into his alliance.(Book Four · Part 14)
  • With: Huyrwil Bild Bug Fanning Gunholm
  • “Also he took into his alliance, on account of their deeds of prowess, her five partners, the children of Finn, named Brodd, Bild, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.”
• Fridleif defeated Huyrwil’s army and killed Huyrwil, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.(Book Four · Part 14 · 📍 Zealand)
  • With: Fridleif the Swift Huyrwil Bild Bug Fanning Gunholm
  • “For, after slaying Huyrwil, Bug, and Fanning, he killed Gunholm, who was accustomed to blunt the blade of an enemy with spells, by a shower of blows from his hilt.”
• Bild and Brodd cut the fleet’s cables and deserted their companions.(Book Four · Part 14)
  • With: Bild
  • “But, in the same night, Bild and Brodd cut the cables with which the ships were joined, and stealthily severed their own vessels from the rest, thus yielding to their own terrors by deserting their brethren, and obeying the impulses of fear rather than fraternal love.”

Book Four · Part 14

• parent: Finn “Also he took into his alliance, on account of their deeds of prowess, her five partners, the children of Finn, named Brodd, Bild, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.”
• friends with Huyrwil “Also he took into his alliance, on account of their deeds of prowess, her five partners, the children of Finn, named Brodd, Bild, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.”
• siblings with Bild “Also he took into his alliance, on account of their deeds of prowess, her five partners, the children of Finn, named Brodd, Bild, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.”
• siblings with Bug “Also he took into his alliance, on account of their deeds of prowess, her five partners, the children of Finn, named Brodd, Bild, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.”
• siblings with Fanning “Also he took into his alliance, on account of their deeds of prowess, her five partners, the children of Finn, named Brodd, Bild, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.”
• siblings with Gunholm “Also he took into his alliance, on account of their deeds of prowess, her five partners, the children of Finn, named Brodd, Bild, Bug, Fanning, and Gunholm.”

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