The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Heithrek worshipped
Stories And Ballads > part likewise seems to be a story of the Viking Age. Towards the end, > The Saga Of HervöR And Heithrek
attestation: Statement from passage 63 of the source text
"King Heithrek worshipped Frey, and he used to give Frey the biggest boar he could find."
attestation: Statement from passage 63 of the source text
"They regarded it as so sacred that in all important cases they used to take the oath on its bristles."
attestation: Statement from passage 63 of the source text
"It was the custom to sacrifice this boar at the 'sacrifice of the herd.' On Yule Eve the 'boar of the herd' was led into the hall before the King."
attestation: Further detail from passage 63
"his power he should not be deprived of the chance of receiving a trial by the King's judges; but he should get off scot free if he could propound riddles which the King could not answer."
attestation: Further detail from passage 63
"But when people tried to ask the King riddles, not one was put to him which he could not solve."
Stories And Ballads > Part Ii > Saga Of HervöR And Heithrek
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"In the King's retinue there were seven men, etc."
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"In the text (a) of this saga printed in Rafn's edition (Fornaldar Sögur, I, p."
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"462), there are said to be twelve men here."
attestation: Content from passage 122
"This is no doubt the right figure, twelve being the regular number in the judicial councils of the North, whether historical or legendary."
attestation: Further content from passage 122
"115), and the story of the twelve gods who were appointed by Othin as temple priests (hof-goar) to keep up the sacrifices and administer justice among men; cf."