Brynhild’s Hel-Road
The poem’s event in which Brynhild travels by wagon on the Hel-road after the pyre and answers the rock giantess on the way.
Overview
This event contains only the Hell-Ride’s wagon journey and exchange. Its opening prose gives Sigurd and Brynhild separate pyres, unlike the Short Lay of Sigurd, so it does not turn either the afterlife route or the funeral arrangement into a general version.
Key facts
The two-pyre version
The opening prose’s two pyres conflict with other texts, so they serve only as the opening for this poem’s journey.
Limited to this poem
This record is used only for the Hell-Ride’s after-death defense and does not add biography or consequences beyond the poem.
Relationships
- Brynhildrides the Hel-road by wagon
After the pyre, Brynhild rides toward Hel in a wagon covered with rich cloth.
Story appearances
- Brynhild’s Hell-Ride: A Defense on the Hel-RoadFigure or event in the Hell-Ride’s Hel-road exchange, memory, or defense
The poem’s event in which Brynhild travels by wagon on the Hel-road after the pyre and answers the rock giantess on the way.
Ancient sources
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