Red rings,[[304]]
All Vandilsve[[305]]
And Vigdalir;[[306]]
Take half of my lands
As indemnity for sorrow,
Thou ring-adorned maiden
And thy sons.
“Sigrun was short-lived from grief and sorrow. It was the belief in olden times that men were reborn, but now it is called an old woman’s story. It is said that Helgi and Sigrun were born again; he was then named Helgi Haddingjaskati, and she Kara,[[307]] Hálfdán’s daughter, ‘as is sung in the lay of Kara,[[308]] and she was a Valkyria.’” [Helgi Hundingsbani II.]
CHAPTER XXV.
RELIGION.—THE VOLVAS.
Prophetic sibyls—Great reputation of some Volvas—Ceremonies attendant on their prophecies—Payment to the sibyls—Their descent—Incantations—Cats favourites of the sibyls.