The Völsunga Saga on Grifir
The Story Of The Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) > CHAPTER XVI. The prophecy of Grifir.
relationship: Grifir was Sigurd's maternal uncle and a seer who knew men's fates
"There was a man hight Grifir,(1) who was Sigurd's mother's brother, and a little after the forging of the sword Sigurd went to Grifir, because he was a man who knew things to come, and what was fated to men"
attestation: After much persuasion, Grifir reluctantly told Sigurd his entire fate, which later came to pass
"Grifir was long or he spake, yet at the last, by reason of Sigurd's exceeding great prayers, he told him all his life and the fate thereof, even as afterwards came to pass."
relationship: Grifir was Sigurd's mother's brother (maternal uncle) and a man who knew things to come and what was fated to men
"There was a man hight Grifir,(1) who was Sigurd's mother's brother, and a little after the forging of the sword Sigurd went to Grifir, because he was a man who knew things to come, and what was fated to men"
attestation: Grifir told Sigurd all his life and fate after Sigurd's exceeding great prayers, and all came to pass as foretold
"by reason of Sigurd's exceeding great prayers, he told him all his life and the fate thereof, even as afterwards came to pass."