Agnar

Role: king · First appears: Chapter XX · Of Sigurd's Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain

Life events

• Brynhild says she slew Helm Gunnar for Agnar, and Odin punished her with sleep and a fate of marriage.(Chapter XX · Of Sigurd's Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain)
  • With: Brynhild Helm Gunnar Audi Odin
  • “Then Brynhild speaks again and says, ‘Two kings fought, one hight Helm Gunnar, an old man, and the greatest of warriors, and Odin had promised the victory unto him; but his foe was Agnar, or Audi's brother: and so I smote down Helm Gunnar in the fight; and Odin, in vengeance for that deed, stuck the sleep-thorn into me, and said that I should never again have the victory, but should be given away in marriage; but thereagainst I vowed a vow, that never would I wed one who knew the name of fear.’”

Chapter XX · Of Sigurd's Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain

• enemies with Helm Gunnar “Two kings fought, one hight Helm Gunnar, an old man, and the greatest of warriors, and Odin had promised the victory unto him; but his foe was Agnar, or Audi's brother:”
• siblings with Audi “but his foe was Agnar, or Audi's brother:”

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