Hadingus

Hadingus or Hading was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned is Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, where he has a detailed biography, and briefly in the Codex Runicus. Georges Dumézil and others have argued that Hadingus was partially modelled on the god Njörðr.

==Gesta Danorum== Hadingus is the legendary son of Gram of Denmark and Signe, the daughter of Finnish King Sumble. Gram steals Signe from her wedding, kills the husband (Henry, King of Saxony) and takes her to Denmark, where Hadingus is born. When Gram is killed by Swipdag, King of Norway, Hadingus is taken to Sweden and is fostered by the giant Wagnofthus and his daughter Harthgrepa. He is eager to become a warrior but Harthgrepa tries to dissuade him from it in favor of entering into a quasi-incestuous love-relationship with her.