- Huld
In
Scandinavian mythology , Huld was a "völva " or "seiðkona", that is a woman who practiced theseiðr . She is mentioned in the "Ynglinga saga ", "Sturlunga saga" and a late medieval Icelandic tale.The article " [http://runeberg.org/nfbk/0659.html Huld] " in "Nordisk familjebok " (1909).] In the latter source, she isOdin 's mistress and the mother of the demi-goddesses Þorgerðr and Irpa. As her name suggests, Huld may be in origin the same being as theHuldra and the GermanHolda .In the "
Ynglinga saga " it is related that she was first hired to kill the Swedish kingVanlade , by his wife Drífa. She "hag-rode" him to death.It is said in "Sturlunga saga" that
Sturla Þórðarson entertained King Magnús lagabœtir with a story about Huld in 1263, which he told "better and more cleverly than any of those present had heard before" ("betr ok fróðligar en nokkurr þeira hafði fyrr heyrt, er þar váru"). According to Sturlunga saga, the story was about a greattroll -woman and was well received by the king's followers and by the queen; it took a good part of the day to tell. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=wPsqAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA304,M1 Sturlunga saga] at Google Books.]Notes
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Ynglinga saga
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