 A narrative relates that Sigrdrífa explains to Sigurd that there were two kings fighting one another . Odin had promised one of these — Hjalmgunnar — victory in battle , yet she had " brought down " Hjalmgunnar in battle . Odin pricked her with a sleeping @-@ thorn in consequence , told her she would never again " fight victoriously in battle " , and condemned her to marriage . In response , Sigrdrífa told Odin she had sworn a great oath that she would never wed a man who knew fear . Sigurd asks Sigrdrífa to share with him her wisdom of all worlds . The poem continues in verse , where Sigrdrífa provides Sigurd with knowledge in inscribing runes , mystic wisdom , and prophecy . 
