Egil

Role: brother of Slagfid and Volund · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Volund · Part 1

Life events

• The brothers found three Valkyriur spinning flax beside a lake.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Volund · Part 1 · 📍 Ulfdal)
  • With: Slagfid Volund
  • “Early one morning they found on the border of the lake three females sitting and spinning flax. Near them lay their swan-plumages: they were Valkyriur.”
• Egil took Olrun home as his consort.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Volund · Part 1)
  • With: Olrun
  • “They took them home with them to their dwelling. Egil had Olrun, Slagfid Svanhvit, and Volund Alvit.”
• The Valkyriur left their companions, and Egil and Slagfid went searching for theirs.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Volund · Part 1 · 📍 Ulfdal)
  • With: Olrun Hladgud-Svanhvit Hervor-Alvit Slagfid Volund
  • “They lived there seven years, when they flew away seeking conflicts, and did not return. Egil then went on snow-shoes in search of Olrun, and Slagfid in search of Svanhvit, but Volund remained in Ulfdal.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Volund · Part 1

• siblings with Slagfid “There were three brothers, sons of a king of the Finns, one was called Slagfid, the second Egil, the third Volund.”
• siblings with Volund “There were three brothers, sons of a king of the Finns, one was called Slagfid, the second Egil, the third Volund.”
• married with Olrun “Egil had Olrun, Slagfid Svanhvit, and Volund Alvit.”

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