Hedin (son of Hjarrande)

Role: son of Hjarrande · First appears: Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Hogne and Hild

Life events

Hedin took Hild prisoner while Hogne was away.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Hogne and Hild)
- With: Hild (daughter of Hogne)
- “Her a king, by name Hedin, son of Hjarrande, made a prisoner of war”
Hedin offered Hogne reconciliation and gold as a ransom, but Hogne refused.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Hogne and Hild)
- With: Hogne (father of Hild)
- “Then Hedin called to Hogne, his father-in-law, offering him a reconciliation and much gold as a ransom. Hogne answered: Too late do you offer to make peace with me”
Hedin and Hogne began the Hjadninga-vig and fought through the day.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Hogne and Hild · 📍 the island called Ha)
- With: Hogne (father of Hild)
- “Then they began the battle which is called the Hjadninga-vig (the slaying of the Hedinians); they fought the whole day, and in the evening the kings fared back to their ships.”
The kings returned to the battlefield and fought again, joined by those who had fallen the day before.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Hogne and Hild · 📍 the battlefield)
- With: Hogne (father of Hild)
- “The next day the kings went to the battlefield and fought, and so did also all they who had fallen the day before.”
The dead repeatedly arose to fight again, and the battle continued until Ragnarok.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Hogne and Hild · 📍 the field of battle)
- With: Hild (daughter of Hogne) Hogne (father of Hild)
- “Thus the battle continued from day to day; and all they who fell, and all the swords that lay on the field of battle, and all the shields, became stone. But as soon as day dawned all the dead arose again and fought, and all the weapons became new again, and in songs it is said that the Hjadnings will so continue until Ragnarok.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Hogne and Hild

parent: Hjarrande “Her a king, by name Hedin, son of Hjarrande, made a prisoner of war, while King Hogne had”
elder kin: Hogne (father of Hild) “Then Hedin called to Hogne, his father-in-law, offering him a reconciliation and much gold as a ransom.”
enemies with Hogne (father of Hild) “Then they began the battle which is called the Hjadninga-vig (the slaying of the Hedinians); they fought the whole day, and in the evening the kings fared back to their ships.”
married with Hild (daughter of Hogne) “Then Hedin called to Hogne, his father-in-law, offering him a reconciliation and much gold as a ransom.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.