Sigar
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The name Sigar can refer to two characters in Scandinavian mythology. Snorri Sturluson writes in the Skáldskaparmál that they belong to the same clan, the Siklings, and that they are the relatives of of Siggeir, the villainous Geatish king in the Völsunga saga.
| [...] the ninth, Sigarr, whence come the Siklings: that is the house of Siggeirr, who was son-in-law of Völsungr,--and the house of Sigarr, who hanged Hagbardr.<ref>CyberSamurai Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology: Prose Edda - Skáldskaparmál (English)</ref> |
Sigar the Younger is also mentioned in Hversu Noregr byggðist as the grand-son of the first Sigar and the nephew of Siggeir. It is told in the Völsunga saga that Sigar was in a feud with Hagbard and Haki and his sons. He had kidnapped one of Haki's daughters and murdered a second.
[edit] Gesta Danorum
In Gesta Danorum (book 7), Saxo tells that Sigar had a daughter named Signy. Sigar was in a feud with Haki's brother Hagbard, but was informed by Signy's handmaid, that Hagbard had a secret love affair with Signy. Sigar decided to hang Hagbard, who, however, managed to inform Signy of this. Signy set her house on fire and succumbed in the flames while Hagbard executed himself in the gallows. Sigar tried in vain to save both Hagbard and Signy but failed. His only consolation was to bury the treacherous maid alive. Finally, he is mentioned in Háleygjatal (as quoted in Ynglinga saga), where a gallows is referred to as "Sigar's horse".
Gesta Danorum disagrees with the other sources by presenting Sigar as the son of Sywaldus, who was the son of Ungvinus, a Geatish king who became the king of Denmark.
| Preceded by: Sywaldus | Saxo's kings of Denmark | Succeeded by: Haldanus III |
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