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Vingi

Atli’s messenger, who falsifies Guthrun’s runes and reveals the trap at the gate.

MythWeave AI-generated editorial illustration, Atlamol core batch

Overview

Vingi carries Atli’s invitation to the Giukings, but first makes Guthrun’s written runes false. At Atli’s home he no longer hides the trap, and Hogni’s party kills him. The poem gives no independent lineage or aftermath.

Key facts

Falsifies runes

Stanza 4 says Vingi makes Guthrun’s runes false.

Reveals the trap

In stanzas 35–38, Vingi admits deceit beneath the invitation and is then killed.

Relationships

Atlisends
Atli sends Vingi to the home of the Giukings.
Gudrunfalsifies runes from
Vingi makes Guthrun’s warning false.
Gunnarkills
After Vingi admits the trap, the brothers’ party kills him.

Story appearances

The Greenland Ballad of AtliSource-scoped figure in this poem
Atli’s messenger, who falsifies Guthrun’s runes and reveals the trap at the gate.

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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