Sigmund
Also known as: Sigmund Volsung · Family: Volsungs · Role: son of Volsung; king · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla
In the Lay of Hyndla, Odin gave Sigmund a sword. In the First Lay of Helgi Hundingcide, Helgi is identified as his son, one day old. In the Second Lay of Helgi Hundingcide, Sigmund, son of Volsung, took Borghild of Bralund as his wife; he and Hunding were enemies, and their kinsmen were slain by each other.
In Sinfiotli’s End, Sigmund is named as the father of Sinfiotli and Hamund. After sojourning in Denmark in Borghild’s kingdom, he married Hiordis, daughter of Eylimi, in Frankland, and their son was Sigurd. Sigmund fell in battle with the sons of Hunding. In the Lay of Fafnir, Sigurd identified him as his father: “Sigmund was my father named”.
Relationship record
Life events
- Odin gave Hermod a helm and corslet, and Sigmund received a sword from him.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla)
- With: Odin Hermod (hero)
- “He gave to Hermod a helm and corslet, and from him Sigmund a sword received.”
- Helgi is identified as Sigmund's son.(Elder Edda · The First Lay of Helgi Hundingcide · Part 1)
- With: Helgi
- “Stands cased in mail Sigmund's son, one day old:”
- Sigmund took Borghild as his wife.(Elder Edda · The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingcide · Part 1 · 📍 Bralund)
- With: Borghild
- “King Sigmund, son of Volsung, had to wife Borghild of Bralund.”
- Sigmund Volsung married Borghild.(Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End · 📍 Denmark)
- With: Borghild
- “King Sigmund sojourned long in Denmark, in Borghild's kingdom, after having espoused her.”
- Sigmund Volsung married Hiordis.(Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End · 📍 Frankland)
- With: Hiordis
- “There he married Hiordis, the daughter of Eylimi.”
- Sigmund Volsung fell in battle with the sons of Hunding.(Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End)
- “King Sigmund fell in a battle with the sons of Hunding.”
- Sigurd revealed his name and that Sigmund was his father.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Fafnir · Part 1)
Elder Edda · The First Lay of Helgi Hundingcide · Part 1
- child: Helgi “Stands cased in mail Sigmund's son, one day old: now is our day come.”
Elder Edda · The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingcide · Part 1
- married with Borghild “King Sigmund, son of Volsung, had to wife Borghild of Bralund.”
- child: Helgi “King Sigmund, son of Volsung, had to wife Borghild of Bralund. They named their son Helgi, after Helgi Hiorvard's son.”
- enemies with Hunding “There was enmity, both open and concealed, between King Hunding and King Sigmund, and they slew each other's kinsmen.”
- child: Sinfiotli “Sinfiotli, Sigmund's son, answered:”
- parent: Volsung “King Sigmund, son of Volsung, had to wife Borghild of Bralund.”
Elder Edda · Sinfiotli's End
- child: Sinfiotli “Sinfiotli was the eldest of his sons”
- child: Helgi “the second was Helgi”
- child: Hamund “the third Hamund.”
- married with Borghild “Borghild, Sigmund's wife”
- married with Hiordis “There he married Hiordis, the daughter of Eylimi.”
- child: Sigurd “Sigurd was their son.”
Elder Edda · The First Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide, or Gripir's Prophecy · Part 1
- child: Sigurd “Sigurd I am named, born of Sigmund, and Hiordis is the chieftain's mother.”
Elder Edda · The Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide
- child: Sigurd “Hither is come the son of Sigmund to our Hall, that man of energy:”
Elder Edda · The Lay of Fafnir · Part 1
- child: Sigurd “Sigmund was my father named, my name is Sigurd, who with weapon have assailed thee.”
Elder Edda · The Lay of Sigrdrifa · Part 1
- child: Sigurd “Sigmund's son has just now ript the raven's perch, with Sigurd's sword.”
Elder Edda · The Third Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide · Part 2
- child: Sigurd “the red-gold rings of Sigmund's son”
Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · The Niflungs and Gjukungs · Part 1
- 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.”
- parent: Volsung “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.”
Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · The Niflungs and Gjukungs · Part 3
- parent: Volsung “It is said that Sigmund, the son of Volsung, was so powerful, that he drank venom and received no harm therefrom.”
- child: Sinfiotli “But Sinfjotle, his son, and Sigurd, were so hard-skinned that no venom coming onto them could harm them.”
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