Hogni, Sigrun's Father

Overview

Hogni is Sigrun's father in this lay and has pledged her to Hothbrodd. He is not treated as the same figure as Hogni, son of Gjuki, in the Volsung material; the two retain separate identities and story contexts here.

Key facts

Relationships

• Sigrunfather of

  The poem calls Sigrun the daughter of Hogni.

• Hothbroddpledges his daughter to

  Hogni pledges his daughter Sigrun to Hothbrodd, Granmar's son.

• Dagfather

  The poem’s prose calls Dag Hogni’s son.

Story appearances

• The First Lay of Helgi HundingsbaneFather who makes the pledge

  Hogni pledges Sigrun to Hothbrodd; her refusal is not erased by that arrangement.

• Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II: Dag and the MoundFigure or place in the Dag, mourning, and mound-visit sequence

  The father who pledges his daughter Sigrun to Hothbrodd in the First Lay.

Ancient sources

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

• Anonymous, Poetic Edda, Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I, Bellows stanzas 1–58: Helgi's birth, Hunding and his sons, Sigrun's pledge, voyage, Hothbrodd, and the battle at Frekastein; stanzas 33–48 flyting are outside this story spine.