Jormunrek

Overview

Jormunrek’s brutal acts are the direct setting for the incitement to revenge. Opening prose passes over what Bikki says with a vague “this,” so the accusation is not promoted into fact here.

Relationships

• Svanhildmarries Jormunrek

  marries Jormunrek

• Bikkireports to the king

  reports to the king

• Randverhas Randver hanged

  has Randver hanged

• Svanhildhas Svanhild trampled

  has Svanhild trampled

• Hamtherattacks Jormunrek

  attacks Jormunrek

• Sorliattacks Jormunrek

  attacks Jormunrek

• Sorlihas Sorli killed by stones

  has Sorli killed by stones

• Hamtherhas Hamther killed by stones

  has Hamther killed by stones

Story appearances

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

  Svanhild’s husband; prose says he kills Randver and has Svanhild trampled by horses.

• Hamthesmol: The Fragmented End of RevengeFigure in Hamthesmol

  Svanhild’s husband; prose says he kills Randver and has Svanhild trampled by horses.

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.