Hyndluljoth: Ottar’s Ancestry Wager

Chapters

1. 01

   A Call from the Cave

   Freyja wakes Hyndla and asks her to travel with wolf and gold-bristled boar.

   FreyjaHyndlaHildisvini
2. 02

   Hyndla Sees the Companion

   Hyndla says Freyja brings Ottar; Freyja insists the mount is Hildisvini.

   FreyjaHyndlaOttarHildisvini
3. 03

   A Wager Needs Ancestry

   Freyja says Ottar wagered over inherited wealth and descent, asking Hyndla to remember old names.

   FreyjaHyndlaOttarOttar’s Ancestry Wager
4. 04

   The Paternal Line Is Recited

   Hyndla traces Ottar back through Instein, Alf the Old, Ulf, Saefari, and Svan the Red.

   OttarInsteinAlf the OldUlfSaefariSvan the Red
5. 05

   The Maternal Line Is Remembered

   Hledis, Frothi, and Friaut bring Ottar’s maternal line into the proof for the wager.

   OttarHledisFrothiFriaut
6. 06

   Names of Heroic Kin

   Hyndla adds more heroic lines to Ottar’s kin without making every name a new story.

   HyndlaOttarOttar’s Ancestry Wager
7. 07

   Genealogy Becomes Proof

   Parents and ancestors named in the night make descent into proof usable for Ottar’s wager.

   OttarOttar’s Ancestry Wager
8. 08

   Stopping before Another Poem

   Ottar’s genealogy closes here; the following Short Voluspo is not joined to this night route.

   OttarHyndla

Ancient sources

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• Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Hyndluljoth, Stanzas 1–29: Freyja, Hyndla, Ottar’s wager and close ancestry; excluding the appended Short Voluspo.