Characters / njala
Earl Sigurd Hlodver's son
Patronymic: Sigurd Hlodver’s child. Status: curated
Earl of Orkney; falls at Clontarf.
35Mentions
6Degree
0.0578Betweenness
0.00784PageRank
0.5320Closeness
0.067Clustering
6Community
84 / 157First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
35Mentions
7Chapters present
1Dialogue turns
7Events involved
Kin
No parent/child links recorded.
Aliases
Earl SigurdSigurd the EarlSigurd Hlodver's sonEarl Sigurd Hlodver's son
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(2)
with Gilli · weight 1 · ch. 153–153
“Earl Sigurd bade to his feast at Yule Earl Gilli, his brother-in-law, out of the Southern Isles; he had to wife Swanlauga, Earl Sigurd's sister; and then too came to see Earl Sigurd that king from Ireland whose name was Sigtrygg.”
with King Olaf Tryggvi's son · weight 1 · ch. 153–153
“He was a son of Olaf rattle, but his mother's name was Kormlada; she was the fairest of all women, and best gifted in everything that was not in her own power, but it was the talk of men that she did all things ill over which she had any power.”
Conversation(3)
with King Sigtrygg · weight 2 · ch. 154–154
“Then King Sigtrygg stirred in his business with Earl Sigurd, and bade him go to the war with him against King Brian.”
“So they parted on the understanding that Earl Sigurd gave his word to go; but King Sigtrygg promised him his mother and the kingdom.”
with Thorstein Hall's son · weight 1 · ch. 156–156
“Then Earl Sigurd called on Thorstein the son of Hall of the Side, to bear the banner, and Thorstein was just about to lift the banner, but then Asmund the white said--”
with Hrafn · weight 1 · ch. 156–156
“"Hrafn the red!" called out Earl Sigurd, "bear thou the banner."”
Killing(1)
with Flosi Thord's son · weight 1 · ch. 152–152
“"Then we might have made a better landing," said Flosi, "for Grim and Helgi, Njal's sons, whom I slew, were both of them of Earl Sigurd Hlodver's son's bodyguard."”