Örvar-Oddr

The Örvar - odds saga is one of the ancient sagas. This work tells of Örvar - Oddr ( Old Norse Ǫrvar - Oddr; German " Arrow - Odd " ) and contains some poetical pieces.

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Örvar - Oddr was the son of Grim Lodinkinni and the grandson of Ketil Hoeing of Hålogaland. A Völva ( seer ) said ahead of him that he would one day be killed by his own horse " Faxi " at the age of 300 years and that in the place where he was born.

In a battle on the island of Samsø, who led them against the sons of Arngrim, Hjalmar was killed by Angantyr and Örvar - Oddr traveled to Uppsala in order to bring this sad news his bride Ingeborg, the daughter of the Swedish king. Then traveled Örvar - Oddr further south to fight against the corsairs of the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, he had accepted the Christian faith, when his ship went down, he was the only survivor and finally came to the Holy Land.

On his further journey, as Örvar - Odd, accompanied by the son of his blood brother Thord, who was killed by Ogmund Tussock and on which they want to take revenge together on this, they met two sea monsters. One was a giant whale and the other possibly the Kraken from the Norwegian legends.

In another narration itself Örvar - Oddr goes disguised as an old man after Hunaland ( a country which is mentioned in several Sagas ). There he is, however, soon recognized, and after he defeated the king of Bjalkaland, he was allowed to marry the princess Silkisif and became the next king of Hunaland. But after all these exploits and adventures he eventually got homesick and returned to his homeland. He visited the grave of his horse Faxi and made ​​fun of the ancient prophecy of the Völva. But when he suddenly stumbled through the skull bone of the horse, in which crouched a poisonous snake. These came out and bit him, so that was fulfilled the prediction, for he died shortly afterwards.