Salgófnir
animal_ally sky single tradition · 1
Salgófnir is a rooster whose crowing signals the time for Helgi to return to his path. Helgi states he must return before Salgófnir crows.
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 1400
- Historical notes
- Appears in the poem Helgakviða Hundingsbana II.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Odin, Sigrún, Helgi Hundingsbane, Hunding
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Helgi awakens, stating he must "ride along the blood-red roads, to set the pale horse to tread the path of the sky," and return before the rooster Salgófnir crows.”
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