Mortal

Kostbera

Hogni’s wife, who reads danger in altered runes and dreams.

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Overview

Kostbera reads the runes by firelight, sees that their content cannot be a true invitation, and later urges Hogni not to leave through her dreams. Hogni does not accept her reading. This record keeps her interpretation and concern without turning dreams into the cause of events.

Key facts

Hogni’s wife

Stanza 6 explicitly calls Kostbera Hogni’s wife.

Reads the runes

In stanzas 9–12, she reads a warning that both brothers will be slain if they go.

Relationships

Hogniwife of
The poem calls Kostbera Hogni’s wife.
Hogniwarns
Kostbera urges Hogni not to go, reading both runes and dreams.

Story appearances

The Greenland Ballad of AtliSource-scoped figure in this poem
Hogni’s wife, who reads danger in altered runes and dreams.

Ancient sources

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

Anonymous, Poetic Edda, Atlamol en Grönlenzku, Bellows stanzas 1–99: falsified runes, the warnings of Kostbera and Glaumvor, the trap at Atli’s home, the brothers’ deaths, and Hniflung and Guthrun killing Atli.

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