The Hervarar Saga ok Heiðreks on Othin
Stories And Ballads > Part I > Introduction To The TháTtr Of SöRli
- attestation: Othin refuses to return the necklace until Freyja brings about a perpetual battle between two mighty kings
"who refuses to restore it to Freyja till she promises to bring about a perpetual battle between two mighty kings."
Stories And Ballads > Part I > The TháTtr Of SöRli
attestation: Othin appointed Njorth and Frey as priests at Asgarth's place of heathen sacrifice
"Othin appointed Njörth and Frey as priests."
attestation: Othin loved Freyja very much and she had a bower that was beautiful and strong
"Othin loved Freyja very much, and she was the fairest of all women in her day. She had a bower of her own which was beautiful and strong"
attestation: Othin demanded Freyja bring about a perpetual battle between two kings with twenty kings each subject to them
"Unless you bring about a quarrel between two kings, each of whom has twenty kings subject to him; so that they shall fight under the influence of such spells and charms that as fast as they fall they shall start up again and fight on"
attestation: Only a Christian man brave enough to enter among the combatants could end the battle spell
"unless there be some Christian man so brave and so much favoured by the great good fortune of his liege lord that he shall dare to take arms and enter among the combatants and slay them."
attestation: Othin refused to return the necklace considering how Freyja had come by it
"Othin replied that considering how she had come by it she should never get it back"
attestation: The combatants in the perpetual battle would rise again as fast as they fell
"as fast as they fall they shall start up again and fight on"
attestation: The battle would only end when a Christian warrior entered and slew the fallen fighters permanently
"Then and not till then shall the labours of those princes be brought to an end"
attestation: Only a Christian warrior could end the spell by slaying the fighters who would then not rise again
"our only hope of redemption is that a Christian man should give battle to us.--When that occurs, he whom the Christian slays shall not stand up again"