The Eddas

Agnar (son of Geirröd)

Role: son of Geirröd · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 1

Life events

  • Agnar gave Grimnir a drink and said the king was wrong to torture him.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 1)
    • With: Odin
    • “Agnar went to Grimnir and gave him a full horn to drink from, saying that the king did wrong in causing him to be tortured, though innocent.”
  • Grimnir blessed Agnar and declared that he alone would rule the land of Goths.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 1 · 📍 the land of Goths)
    • With: Odin
    • “Eight nights have I sat between fires here, and to me no one food has offered, save only Agnar, the son of Geirröd, who alone shall rule over the land of Goths.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Grimnir · Part 1

  • parent: Geirröd “King Geirröd had a son ten years old, whom he named Agnar, after his brother.”
  • protégé: Odin “Agnar went to Grimnir and gave him a full horn to drink from, saying that the king did wrong in causing him to be tortured, though innocent.”

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