-
Hunaland and its
people are
mentioned several times in the
Poetic Edda, in the Fornaldarsagas, and in
chivalric romances. Its
origins are
partly the old...
- Sigi,
succeeds his
murdered father and
avenges his death. He
rules in
Hunaland and
becomes a
powerful ruler. Rerir's son is Völsung.
Rerir and his wife...
- stallion.
According to Völsunga saga, Völsung was the son of King
Rerir of
Hunaland, in turn, a
grandson of Odin. The king and the
queen were
struggling to...
-
Siggeir is
plotting to
overthrow Völsung and add
Hunaland to his empire. Signý
returns to
Hunaland to
gather Völsung, Sigmund, and
their most powerful...
- (naefrmaðr, 'birch bark man'), a sort of
wildman dressed in bark. He
arrived in
Hunaland and
meets King Herrauðr,
where his true
identity was soon
revealed due...
- they are
cursed with a type of lycanthropy.
Sigmund and Sinfjǫtli go to
Hunaland where Sigmund is
proclaimed king of the Huns. He
marries Borghild and has...
- is
unnamed in Beowulf.
Signy was the only
daughter of King Völsung of
Hunaland and
Hljod the giantess. She and her twin
brother Sigmund were the oldest...
- from the land and led
successful raids, so much so that he
became king of
Húnaland, a
country name
referring both to the
territories of the Franks, also known...
- Thidrekssaga, however,
which is
based on
North German sources,
locates Hunaland in
northern Germany, with a
capital at
Soest in Westphalia. In
other Old...
- tradition. In the Þiðreks saga,
Attila is a
Frisian prince who
conquers the
Hunaland, and
there is an
allusion to at
least one
other forgotten legend concerning...
