Erp, Jonak’s Son

Overview

This record keeps only the lineage in Guthrunarhvot’s opening prose. Bellows’s note to Hamthesmol says Erp may not be Guthrun’s son, so this lay is not made the sole version.

Relationships

• Jonakfathers Erp

  fathers Erp

• Hamthertravels with the avengers

  travels with the avengers

• Hamtherkills Erp on the road

  kills Erp on the road

• Sorlikills Erp on the road

  kills Erp on the road

• Hamtherregrets killing Erp

  regrets killing Erp

Story appearances

• Guthrun’s Inciting: A Daughter’s Death and Final LamentFigure in Guthrunarhvot

  Named in opening prose as Guthrun and Jonak’s son; a linked poem preserves a different maternal line.

• Hamthesmol: The Fragmented End of RevengeFigure in Hamthesmol

  Named in opening prose as Guthrun and Jonak’s son; a linked poem preserves a different maternal line.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

• Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Guthrunarhvot, Introduction, opening prose, and stanzas 1–22: Svanhild’s death, incitement to revenge, and Guthrun’s lament.