A European Informational Website
learn more
Hjaðningavíg (the "battle of the Heodenings"[1]), the legend of Heðinn and Högni or the Saga of Hild is a Scandinavian legend from Norse mythology about a never-ending battle which is documented in Sörla þáttr, Ragnarsdrápa, Gesta Danorum, Skíðaríma and in Skáldskaparmál. It is also held to appear on the image stone at Stora Hammar on Gotland[2] (see illustration). Moreover, it is alluded to in the Anglo-Saxon poems Deor[1] and Widsið,[3] and in the Old Norse Háttalykill inn forni.