Mortal

Karl

The Karl born after the second household episode in Rigsthula, who forms a home with Snor.

MythWeave AI-generated editorial illustration, Rigsthula batch

Overview

Nine months after Rig leaves the second household, the poem says Amma bears Karl. As he grows, Karl handles oxen, readies ploughs, and builds houses; Snor is brought to his home, they exchange rings, and make a dwelling. These descriptions belong to the poem’s second origin sequence, not a complete portrait of real society.

Key facts

Makes a home with Snor

Stanzas 23–27 arrange Snor’s arrival, ring exchange, and children’s list.

Limited to this surviving poem

This name is used only within the household account of the surviving Rigsthula passage; no biography beyond the poem is supplied.

Relationships

Rigpoem-bound fathering
Nine months after Rig leaves the second household, Amma bears Karl.
Snorpartners
Snor is brought to Karl’s home; they exchange rings and make a dwelling.

Story appearances

Rigsthula: Three Households and Young KonFigure in Rig’s three households and the Young Kon fragment
The Karl born after the second household episode in Rigsthula, who forms a home with Snor.

Ancient sources

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

Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Rigsthula, Opening prose and stanzas 1–45: the three households, Rig’s recognition, and the surviving fragment before Young Kon.

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