Hiordis

Also known as: Hjordis · Role: daughter of Eylimi · First appears: Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End

In Sinfiotli’s End, at Frankland, Hiordis, daughter of Eylimi, married Sigmund. They had a son, Sigurd. Afterwards, Hiordis married Alf (son of Hialprek). In Gripir’s Prophecy, Gripir is named as Hiordis’s brother.

Relationship record

Life events

• Sigmund Volsung married Hiordis.(Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End · 📍 Frankland)
  • With: Sigmund
  • “There he married Hiordis, the daughter of Eylimi.”
• Hiordis married Alf, son of King Hialprek.(Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End)
  • With: Alf (son of Hialprek)
  • “Hiordis was afterwards married to Alf, son of King Hialprek”
• Hiordis and Sigmund Volsung had a son, Sigurd.(Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End)
  • With: Sigurd
  • “Sigurd was their son.”

Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End

• married with Sigmund “There he married Hiordis, the daughter of Eylimi.”
• parent: Eylimi “Hiordis, the daughter of Eylimi.”
• child: Sigurd “Sigurd was their son.”
• married with Alf (son of Hialprek) “Hiordis was afterwards married to Alf, son of King Hialprek”

Elder Edda · The First Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide, or Gripir's Prophecy · Part 1

• siblings with Gripir “Gripir was the name of the son of Eylimi, the brother of Hiordis.”
• child: Sigurd “Sigurd I am named, born of Sigmund, and Hiordis is the chieftain's mother.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · The Niflungs and Gjukungs · Part 1

• parent: Eylimi “There he undertook the fostering of Sigurd (Sigfrid), the son of Sigmund, the son of Volsung and the son of Hjordis, the daughter of Eylime.”
• child: Sigurd “There he undertook the fostering of Sigurd (Sigfrid), the son of Sigmund, the son of Volsung and the son of Hjordis, the daughter of Eylime.”

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