Hloth
Warrior figure in the Hervarar Saga, father of Heithrek, whose message commands a hall's attention.
Hloth is a figure attested in the Hervarar Saga ok Heidreks, where he appears as a warrior whose message commands the attention of an entire hall. In the saga's poetry, a murmur arises from the warriors as a warder reports "the message of Hloth," and all in the hall draw near with quivering breath (Hervarar Saga ok Heidreks, The Saga of Hervor and Heithrek).
The sole attestation comes from the Hervarar Saga ok Heidreks, in a poetic passage from the section identified as belonging to the Viking Age narrative strand. The passage captures the dramatic arrival of Hloth's message at a hall, where "all in the hall drew near" and "everyone lent an ear" as the warder delivered it (Hervarar Saga ok Heidreks, The Saga of Hervor and Heithrek). Hloth's significance is conveyed through the reaction he provokes rather than through direct description.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks, Norse Tradition
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