Volsung’s Family Tree

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Family

• Hljóð(spouse),Sigmund(child),Signy(child)— Marriage

  Völsung and Hljód fathered Sigmund and Signý among their ten children. Sigmund drew Odin's sword from the oak Barnstokk in Völsung's hall, and Signý later conspired to produce the hero Sinfjötli to avenge their father's death.

• Rerir(parent)

  Rerir fathered Völsung after the gods sent a wish-maiden bearing a magical apple to end his wife's barrenness, though the pregnancy lasted six years and his wife died in the birthing.

Slain by

• Siggeir

  Siggeir ambushed and slew King Völsung and captured his ten sons after inviting them to Gautland. Only Sigmund survived, rescued by Signý, as told in the Völsunga saga.

Associated with

• Odin

  Völsung is descended from Odin through the line of Sigi and Rerir. Odin later thrust a sword into the oak Barnstokkr in Völsung's hall for Sigmund to claim.