Helgi Haddingjaskati

Helgi Haddingjaskati meaning "Helgi the lord of the Haddingjar [The Hasdingi were a royal clan of the Vandals.] " was a legendary Norse hero of which only fragmentary accounts survive.

It is said in the end section of "Helgakviða Hundingsbana II", a part of the "Poetic Edda", that the hero Helgi Hundingsbane and his lover Sigrún were reincarned as Helgi Haddingjaskati and the Valkyrie Kára, Halfdan's daughter, who were the protagonists of the "Káruljóð".

"Káruljóð" is unfortunately lost, but a part of the adventures of Helgi and Kára are held to survive in the "legendary saga" "Hrómundar saga Gripssonar". [ [http://runeberg.org/nfbk/0621.html The article "Hrómundar saga Gripsonar" in "Nordisk familjebok" (1909)] .] [ [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe20.htm Bellow's commentary in his translation of "Helgakviða Hundingsbana II". (1936)] ] In this legend, Helgi Haddingjaskati is the champion of two Swedish kings named Haldingr. Helgi fights against the protagonist of the saga, who is named Hrómundr, but Helgi is aided in the battle by his lover Kára's magic. During the battle, she is in the shape of a swan, but by mistake Helgi hurts the swan with his sword and is no longer protected by her magic. He is then killed by Hrómundr.

A last fragmentary reference to a "skati Haddingja", a "ruler of the Haddings", appears in "Kálfsvísa", a part of Snorri Sturluson's "Skáldskaparmál":

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