| Halfdan-Gram, sent on a warlike expedition, meets Groa, who is
mounted on horseback and accompanied by other women on horseback (Saxo
26, 27). |
Helgi Hundingsbani, sent on a warlike expedition, meets Sigrun,
who is mounted on horseback and is accompanied by other women on
horseback (Helg. Hund. i. 16; Völs. ch. 9).
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| The meeting takes place in a forest (Saxo 26). |
The
meeting takes place in a forest (Völs. ch. 9).
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| Halfdan-Gram is on the occasion completely wrapped in the skin
of a wild beast, so that even his face is concealed (Saxo 26). |
Helgi is on the occasion disguised. He speaks frá úlfíði "from a
wolf guise" (Helg. Hund. i. 16), which expression finds its
interpretation in Saxo, where Halfdan appears wrapped in the skin of
a wild beast.
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| Conversation is begun between Halfdan-Gram and Groa. Halfdan
pretends to be a person who is his brother-at-arms (Saxo 27). |
Conversation is begun between Helgi and Sigrun. Helgi pretends to be a
person who is his foster-brother (Helg. Hund. ii. 6).
|
Groa asks Halfdan-Gram:
Quis, rogo, vestrum
dirigit agmen,
quo duce signa
bellica fertis?
(Saxo 27.) |
Sigrun asks Helgi:
Hverir láta fljóta
fley við bakka?
Hvar, hermegir
heima eiguð?
(Helg. Hund. ii. 5.)
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| Halfdan-Gram invites Groa to accompany him. At first
invitation is refused (Saxo 27). |
Helgi invites Sigrun to accompany him. At first the invitation is
rebuked (Helg. Hund. i. 16-17).
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| Groa's father had already given her hand to another (Saxo 26). |
Sigrun's father had already promised her to another (Helg. Hund. i. 18).
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| Halfdan-Gram explains that this rival ought not to cause them
to fear (Saxo 28). |
Helgi explains that this rival should not cause them to fear (Helg.
Hund. i., ii.).
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| Halfdan-Gram makes war on Groa's father, on his rival, and on
the kinsmen of the latter (Saxo 32). |
Helgi makes war on Sigrun's father, on his rival, and on the kinsmen of
the latter (Helg. Hund. i., ii.).
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| Halfdan-Gram slays Groa's father and betrothed, and many
heroes who belonged to his circle of kinsmen or were subject to him
(Saxo 32). |
Helgi kills Sigrun's father and suitors, and many heroes who were the
brothers or allies of his rival (Helg Hund. ii.).
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| Halfdan-Gram marries Groa (Saxo 33). |
Helgi marries Sigrun (Helg. Hund. i. 56).
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| Halfdan-Gram conquers a king Ring (Saxo 32). |
Helgi conquers Ring's sons (Helg. Hund. i. 52).
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| Borgar's son has defeated and slain king Hunding (Saxo 362;
cp. Saxo 337). |
Helgi has slain king Hunding, and thus gotten the name Hundingsbane
(Helg. Hund. i. 10).
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| Halfdan-Gram has felled Svarin and many of his brothers.
Svarin was viceroy under Groa's father (Saxo 32). |
Helgi's rival and the many brothers of the latter dwell around Svarin's
grave-mound. They are allies or subjects of Sigrun's father.
|
| Halfdan-Gram is slain by Svipdag, who is armed with an Asgard
weapon (Saxo 34, to be compared with other sources. See Nos. 33, 98,
101, 103).
|
Helgi is slain by Dag, who is armed with an Asgard weapon (Helg. Hund.
ii.). |
| Halfdan-Berggram's father is slain by his brother Frode, who
took his kingdom (Saxo 320).
|
Helgi's father was slain by his brother Fróði, who took his kingdom
(Hrólfs Saga Kraka). |
| Halfdan Berggram and his brother were in their childhood
protected by Regno (Saxo 320).
|
Helgi and his brother were in their childhood protected by Reginn
(Hrólfs Saga Kraka). |
| Halfdan Berggram and his brother burnt Frode to death in his
house (Saxo 323).
|
Helgi and his brothers burnt Fróði to death in his house (Hrólfs
Saga Kraka). |
| Halfdan Berggram as a youth left the kingdom to his brother
and went warfaring (Saxo 320 ff.). |
Helgi Hundingsbani as a youth left the kingdom to his brother and went
warfaring (Saxo 80).
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| During Halfdan's absence Denmark is attacked by an enemy, who
conquers his brother in three battles and slays him in a fourth (Saxo
325). |
During Helgi Hundingsbani's absence Denmark is attacked by an enemy, who
conquers his brother in three battles and slays him in a fourth (Saxo
82).
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| Halfdan, the descendant of Scef and Scyld, becomes the father
of Rolf (Beowulf poem). |
Helgi Hundingsbani became the father of Rolf (Saxo 83; compare
Hrólfs
Saga Kraka).
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| Halfdan had a son with his own sister Yrsa (Grotta-song 22;
mun Yrsu sonr við Halfdana hefna Fróða; sá mun hennar heitinn verða
bur ok bróðir).
|
Helgi Hundingsbani had a son with his own sister Ursa (Saxo
82). The son was Rolf (compare Hrólfs Saga Kraka). |
