Heremod – is father of Shield.
He is a hero with a kind of courage and heroic excellence
that he worships violence. He is not a
good kind. He becomes so bloodthirsty
that he becomes a monster. He kills his
own companions at the banquet table, and becomes a kind of exile, until
ambushed in Jutland. His name means:
Here = warlike Mod= mentality/pride
Heremod in some mythology is the son of Odin who is sent
into the underworld to bring back Baldr.
Finn and Hnaef
The main character here is Hildeburh. She is married to the Friscians as a peace
pledge. The Danes travel to Friscians to
spend the winter. They are attacked and
Hnaef and Hildeburh’s son are killed.
The Friscians suffer heavy loses and are unable to finish off the
Danes. Finn offers a peace. Hengest becomes the new leader of the Danes
and accepts the peace until springtime.
After springtime Hunlafing gives Hengest a sword to remind him of the
feud, Guthlaf and Oslaf return from Denmark and the Danes wipe out the
Friscians, kill Finn, and take Hildeburh back to Denmark.
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