Songs about the gods

Song of Humir

Once the gods return from hunting with prey and start a feast, and they lack the boiler. And the god Tür, in friendship with Thor, Odin’s son, gives good advice: “He lives in the east ... Humir the wise” and he keeps “a great cauldron with a mile of depth”.

And Tyr and Thor set off on a journey and, having arrived at the place, they put their goats in a stall, and they themselves go to the chambers.

Here Humir appears in the wards, and the guests meet him. Humir, on the other hand, breaks the beam, the boilers from her - with a score of eight - fall, and only one remains intact. Then three bull-horned bulls are served on the table, and Thor eats two whole.

The next morning he goes to the sea with Humir Tor, taking the rods. Thor the victorious hooks his head with a bull’s head, throws it into the water, and the serpent that the human world has encircled, opens its mouth and swallows the bait. Thor drags him boldly and begins to pound him, which is why the snake roars and goes to the bottom again. Humir, however, caught two whales, these boars of surf, and now they rule to the shore. On the shore, however, wanting to check the power of Thor, he orders Khumir of whales to bring him to the yard.

Shows Thor whales. But this is not enough for Humir to test the power of Thor. He asks to break his goblet, and Thor forcefully drops the goblet into a stone pillar, "... the stone was crushed by the goblet into pieces, but without cracks the goblet returned to Khumir." Here Thor recalls the advice: it is necessary to throw a goblet into the head of Humir, the otun giant, for his skull is stronger than stone. Indeed, a goblet is breaking on the head of Humir. Here the giant agrees to give his boiler, but sets the condition for the boiler seekers themselves, without anyone else's help, to take it away. Tyur cannot even move the boiler; Thor, however, takes over the edge of the boiler, puts it on his head and walks, strumming the heels with boiler rings.

Not far away they drive off, as they turn around and see that together with Humir there is “an army mighty of many-headed ones” following them. Then Thor, having dropped the cauldron, raises his Mjolnir hammer and kills everyone.

To the Asa-gods, Thor returns with a cauldron, "and the Aces now drank beer every winter."

Song of the Hold

Thor from his sleep gets up enraged and sees that the Mjolnir hammer has disappeared from him. Loki, to the cunning god, he says about his loss, and then they go to Freya’s house and ask for her outfit of feathers in order to find the hammer. Gives the outfit Freya, and makes noise with the feathers of Loki, flying from the edge of the aces-gods to the region where the giant otuns live.

The giant hold sits on a barrow and weaves collars of dog gold from gold. He sees Loki and asks him why he arrived in Yotunheim. And Loki answered him if he had hidden the hammer of Chlorridi Thor? The hold says that he hid the hammer and will give it only when Freya the beautiful is given to him as a wife.

Loki flies back and Toru says everything. Then they both go to Freya, ask her to wear a wedding dress and go with them to Yotunheim. But Freya flatly refuses.

Then the aces-gods gather for a ting - they think how they will return the hammer of Thor. And they decide to put on the wedding attire on Thor: to cover his head with lush garb and to decorate his chest with a necklace of Dwarf Brising. Loki is a maid of Thor in Yotunheim agrees to go.

Seeing them, Hold says that tables were set up for a feast. At the feast, Hold wants to kiss the bride, but, throwing back the cover, sees that her eyes are sparkling and "the flame of them burns with fury." A reasonable servant answers that “Freya was eight nights without sleep”, so she hurried to come to the land of giants. And impatiently, Hold, the Jotun king, orders Mjolnir to carry it and put it on the bride’s knees so that they can conclude an alliance with her soon. Chloridi-Tor joyfully grasps the mighty hammer and the whole gang of giants, together with the Hold, exterminates. "So Thor took possession of the hammer again."

Heroes Songs

Song of the Wolund

There lived a king named Nidud, he had two sons and his daughter Bedwild.

Three brothers lived - the sons of the king of Finns: Slagfried, Egil and Völund.Early in the morning they see three women on the shore - they were Valkyries. The brothers marry them, and the Wonderful Wolund gets. They live seven winters, and then the Valkyries rush to the battle and do not return back. The brothers set off to look for them, only Wolund sits at home.

Nidud learns that Völund is left alone, and sends warriors in chain mail to him. Inside the dwelling, soldiers enter and see: on the bast rings are suspended, seven hundred in number. They take off the rings and string them again, only one ring is concealed. Völund comes from the hunt, counts the rings and sees that there is not one. He decides that the young Valkyrie returned and took the ring. He sits for a long time, and then falls asleep;

waking up, he sees that he is tightly bound with ropes. Nydud-konung takes his sword, and the golden ring that was taken, Bedwild gives his daughter. And then the king gives the order; Cut the tendons to the Völund smith, take them to a distant island and throw them there.

Wolund, sitting on an island, revenge cherishes. Then one day two Niduda sons come to him - to look at the treasures that were on the island. And only the brothers bowed to the casket, as Völund's head Off cuts off both. He makes the bowls in the frame of silver from the skulls and sends Nidudu; "Yachts of the eye" sends him to his wife; takes both teeth and for Bedwild chest buckles does.

Bedwild goes to him with a request: to fix the damaged ring. Völund gives her a beer and a ring and takes her girlish honor from her. And then, having received the magic ring back, it rises into the air and goes to Nidud.

Nidud sits and grieves for his sons. Völund tells him that in the forge he can find skin from the heads of his sons, and under the bellows of his feet. Bedwild now became pregnant from him. And Völund, laughing, again flies up into the air, "Nidud remained alone in the mountain."

Second Song of Helga, Hunding's Assassin

King Sigmund's name is Helga's son, Hagal is his tutor.

One king of warlike Hunding is called, and he has many sons. Enmity reigns between Sigmund and Hunding.

Konung Hunding sends people to Hagal to find Helgi. And Helga cannot take refuge except to change her clothes as a slave; and he begins to grind grain. People of Hunding Helgi are looking everywhere, but they don’t. Then Blind the Insidious remarks that the eyes of the slave are too menacingly sparkling and the millstone in her hands is cracking. Hagal replies that there is no diva here, for the daughter of millstones rotates the king; before, she rushed under the clouds and could fight like brave Vikings, now Helgi captured her.

Helga escaped and went on a battle ship. He defeated King Hunding, and since then Hunding's Assassin has become called.

King Hogni has a daughter, Sigrun the Valkyrie, which is worn through the air. Sigrun was captured for Hadbrodd, son of King Granmar. Helga the mighty at this time with the sons of Hunding fights and kills them. And then he rests under the Stone Orlin. There the Sigrun flies to him, hugs him and kisses him. And she fell in love with Helga, and the maiden had long loved him before she met her.

He’s not afraid of the anger of Högni-king and Granmar-king, but goes to them with war and kills all sons of Granmar, as well as king Högni. So, by the will of fate, Sigrun-Valkyrie becomes a cause of contention among relatives.

Helgi will marry Sigrun, and their sons will be born. But Helga’s long life is not destined. Doug, son of Hogni, sacrifices Odin the God, so that he helps him to avenge his father. Gives One Dag a spear, and that spear pierces Dag Helgi. Then Doug goes to the mountains and tells Sigrun what happened.

Sigrun calls a curse on his brother’s head, while Doug wants to pay her the virus for her husband. Sigrun refuses and the hill is poured on the grave of the mighty Prince Helga.

Helgi goes straight to Valhalla, and there Odin offers him to rule on a par with him.

And one day the servant Sigrun sees Helgi dead with his people going to the mound. It seems miraculous to the handmaid, and she asks Helga if the end of the world has come. And he replies that no, because although he spurs a horse, he is not destined for him to return home. At home, the servant Sigrun tells what she saw.

Sigrun goes to the mound to Helga: she is very glad to see her husband, even if dead. Helgi the dead reproaches her, they say, she is guilty of his death. And he says that "henceforth, in the mound with me killed, a noble maiden will abide together!"

Sigrun spends the night in the embrace of the dead, and the next morning Helgi and the people ride him away, and Sigrun returns with his maid. Sigrun mourns for Helga, and soon her death takes her to him.

“In ancient times, people believed that people were born again, but now they consider it as women’s tales. It is said that Helgi and Sigrun were born again. "

Prophecy of Gripir

Grippyr rules the lands, he is the wisest among people. Siturd, the son of Sigmund, comes to his house to find out what was destined for him in life. Grippyr, who is the mother of Sigurd’s brother, kindly accepts a relative.

And Gripir tells Sigurd that he will be great: first, he will avenge his father and defeat Hunding in battle. Then he will hit the dwarf Regina with the fafnir-serpent and, having found Fafnir's lair, load his Horse named Grani with a “load of gold” and go to the Gyuki king. On the mountain he will see a sleeping maiden in armor. With a sharp blade, Sigurd will chop the armor, the maid will awaken from sleep and teach

Sigmund son of the runes wise. Grippyr cannot see further from Sigurd’s youth.

Sigurd feels that the lot is awaiting him, and therefore Gripir does not want to tell his fate further. And Sigurd starts into persuasion, and Gripir speaks again.

“Hamir has a maiden, beautiful in face”, Brunhild's name is her, and she will deprive Sigurd of peace, for he will love her. But as soon as Sigurd at Gyuki walks the night, he immediately forgets the fair maiden. The machinations of the Grim-Hild insidious will be given to him by the fair-haired Gudrun, the daughter of Grimhild and Gunnar. And for Gunnar, he will begin to woo Brunhild, replacing with Gunnar. But although he will look like Gunnar, his soul will remain the same. And Sigurd the noble with the virgin will lie nearby, but there will be a sword between them. And the people of Sigurd will condemn for such a deception of a worthy virgin.

Then the princes will return and in the chambers of Gyuki two weddings will be played: Gunnara with Brunhild and Sigurda with Gudrun. By then, Gunnar and Sigurd will take their forms back, but their souls will remain the same.

Sigurd and Gudrun will live happily, but Brunhild "marriage will seem bitter, she will seek revenge for deceit." She will tell Gunnar that she did not keep her Sigurd’s oaths, “when the noble king Gunnar, Gyuki’s heir” believed him. And the noble wife Gudrun will be angry; she will manage cruelly from grief with Sigurd: her brothers will become Sigurd’s murderers.

Grimhild the insidious one will be guilty of this.

And Gripir says to the sad Sigurd: “In that consolation, prince, you will find that you are destined for a lot of happiness: here on earth, under the sun, there will be no hero, Sigurd is equal!”

Sigurd answers him: “We will say goodbye happily!” You can’t argue with fate! You, Gripir, kindly fulfilled your request; “You would predict more luck and happiness in my life, if you could!”