a while on the road to say farewell, but then he asked to see the sword Tyrfing which Heidrek had got from their mother Hervor. Heidrek kindly showed his brother the weapon, but since Tyrfing could not be unsheathed without slaying a man, Angantyr became its next victim. Angantyr Heidreksson Heidrek would have the daughter Hervor and the sons Angantyr and Hlöd. When Heidrek, the king of the Goths died, Angantyr inherited and refused to give Hlöd equal share. Hlöd attacked with the Hunnish army and in an epic battle, Hlöd was slain. Angantyr would be one of the ancestors of the Swedish kings of the House of Munsö. See also Tofa (Poetic Edda) References Henrikson, Alf. (1998). Stora mytologiska uppslagsboken. Further reading Burrows, Hannah. "Reawakening Angantýr: English Translations of an Old Norse Poem from the Eighteenth Century to the Twenty-first." In Translating Early Medieval Poetry: Transformation, Reception, Interpretation, edited by Birkett Tom and March-Lyons Kirsty, 148-64. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY, USA: Boydell & Brewer, 2017. Accessed June 27, 2020. doi:10.7722/j.ctt1t6p4w6.14. External links The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus on Angantyr Tunstall's translation of the battle, from Orvar-Odd's saga Articles about multiple fictional characters Tyrfing cycle Heroes in Norse myths and legends