Sifka or ''Sifeca'' is a

Hun The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part ...

princess in Norse mythology, the mother of the warrior

Hlöd Hlod or Hlöd was the illegitimate son of Heidrek, the king of the Geats, in Norse mythology. He appears in the '' Hervarar saga'' and probably also as ''Hlith'' in ''Widsith'', line 115, together with his father Heiðrekr (''Heathoric''), half ...

Heidrek Heidrek or Heiðrekr (Old Norse: ) is one of the main characters in the cycle about the magic sword Tyrfing. He appears in the '' Hervarar saga'', and probably also in ''Widsith'',line 115, as ''Heathoric'' together with his sons Angantyr (''Incgen ...

, King of the

Geats The Geats ( ; ang, gēatas ; non, gautar ; sv, götar ), sometimes called ''Goths'', were a large North Germanic tribe who inhabited ("land of the Geats") in modern southern Sweden from antiquity until the late Middle Ages. They are one of t ...

. She was the daughter of

Humli Humli is a legendary king of the Huns who appears in the Hervarar Saga. He is the Grandfather of Hlod, illegitimate son of Heidrek, King of the Goths. Role in the saga After Heideric's death, Humli tells his grandson to go to his father's fun ...

, King of the Huns. After the Geatish Heidrek murdered the Gothic king Harald and his son Halfdan, taking control of the Gothic kingdom, he defeated the Hunnish king Humli. Thereafter, he captured Sifka, Humli's daughter, and raped her. As a result, Sifka became pregnant, was sent back to her father's kingdom, and bore a son whom she named

. Hlöd was born handsome and valiant. He was raised by his grandfather, the Hun King Humli, and was given weapons and horses as soon as he was born. Upon hearing that Heidrek, his father, was dead, and that his half-brother

Angantyr Angantyr was the name of three male characters from the same line in Norse mythology, and who appear in '' Hervarar saga'', '' Gesta Danorum'', and Faroese ballads. The last generation named Angantyr also appears to be mentioned as ''Incgentheo ...

had been proclaimed king of the Goths, Hlöd's grandfather said to him that he had to go to the Gothic kingdom and claim his inheritance. Eventually, a fight ensued, which ultimately led to the death of his sister,

Hervor Hervör is the name shared by two female characters in the Tyrfing Cycle, presented in '' The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek'' with parts found in the ''Poetic Edda''. The first, the viking Hervör, challenged her father Angantýr's ghost in his g ...

, and to a battle between the Goths and the Huns, in which the Goths defeated the Huns.

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