Rinda

Also known as: Rhlda / Wrinda · Role: daughter of the King of the Ruthenians · First appears: Book Three · Part 6

Life events

Rinda refused Odin’s gifts and struck him when he sought to kiss her.(Book Three · Part 6)
- “But no services could assuage the wrath of Rinda; when he was fain to kiss her she cuffed him;”
Rinda refused to marry Odin, loathing the match and pleading her youth.(Book Three · Part 6)
- “Her father fell to upbraiding her heavily for refusing the match; but she loathed to wed an old man, and the plea of her tender years lent her some support in her scorning of his hand; for she said that a young girl ought not to marry prematurely.”
Odin touched Rinda with a piece of spell-written bark and made her like one in frenzy.(Book Three · Part 6)
- With: Odin
- “Straightway he touched her with a piece of bark whereon spells were written, and made her like unto one in frenzy:”

admirer: Odin “Trusting in these services, he privily let the king into the secret of his love, and was refreshed by his most gracious favour; but when he sought a kiss from the maiden, he received a cuff.”

child: Boe “Then finding that Boe, his son by Rhlda, was enamoured of the hardships of war, he called him, and bade him bear in mind the slaying of his brother:”

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