Asmund And Signe

Once upon a time there lived a king in his kingdom; he was married and had two children with his wife, a son and a daughter. The son was called Asmund, but the daughter was called Signe. They were the most promising royal children known at that time, and they were educated in all the arts that royal children should learn. They grew up at home with their father, and every wish was granted fulfilled. were standing out in the forest, and it was a pleasure for the son to to hollow out and create various small chambers in the trunks. Signe often followed him and admired the oak trees and felt like to own them. she wore all kinds of gems and gems that her mother her had given, there.

Then it happened once that her father went to war; in his But in her absence the queen became ill and died. Then the Siblings went out into the forest and sat in the oak trees, after they had grown with food for a year.

Now it is to be reported that in another country there reigned a king who had a son named Ring. Ring had heard of the great beauty Signes hear and decided to free it. from his father a ship for the journey, had good wind and came to the country where Signe lived. But when he reached the royal hall wanted to go up, he met on the way a woman so beautiful that It seemed to him as if he had never seen her peer before.

He asked who she was but she replied that she was the king's daughter Sigrid. He asked her why she was walking around alone; she replied, This was done out of grief over the death of her mother and because her father the king's son was not at home, since she was now he could immediately say that he had come to ask for her hand. She listened kindly to his suit, but asked him to go to his ship because she wanted to go further into the forest. She then went to the oak trees, tore them out with the roots, took one on his back, the other on his chest and carried her to the sea and waded to the ship with them; here she again took her beautiful form as before, and told the king's son that their belongings were now on board She had nothing else to offer. Then they sailed to Home, where his parents and sisters welcomed him with great joy. He gave her a nice living space and had the two oak trees in front of her windows. After half a month he came to her and said that within two weeks he would marry her and gave her at the same time precious fabric to sew bridal garments for both of them. But as soon as he had gone, she threw the clothes on the floor, raced around with great impetuosity and was completely transformed and became to the worst witch; she said that she did not know what to do with such a state, she who had never done anything else than eating human flesh and breaking horse bones; she still made continued to rumble and said that she would die of hunger, because her brother Ironhead would never come with the coffins as he had promised But then the floor of the room opened and through it A giant climbed up through it, carrying a huge coffin in the poor. They both started to break open the coffin, which was full with human bellies. Both began to eat with great greed, then but her brother descended the same path again without any trace on the floor. When she sat down, she raged even worse than before, tugged at the fabric and wanted to tear it.

But it is reported that the royal children are in the oak trees from which they saw how all this Then Asmund asked Signe to come out of the oak tree to try to get hold of the fabric for the dresses so that they can did not have to listen to wild rages day and night. Signe fulfilled his request; she sewed the clothes in six days, carried them out and threw them on the table. The witch was very happy about it. The king's son came to her and received the clothes from her hand; he admired her skill, and they parted with great kindness. The Witch behaved exactly as before, until Ironhead came; when Asmund saw this crazy rumbling, he went to the king's son, whom he asked to come and watch a game that was being played in the room of the newly arrived The king's son felt strange, when he heard such things from his bride. They both went there and hid behind the wall covering, from where they could see her She was still raging and said to Ironhead, when he came: »Once I am married to the king’s son, I will I already live better than now, and then I will get the whole pack kill me in there in the hall and with my whole family come here; then the trolls will probably complain about me and my husband.« The king’s son was angry when he heard this, so that he set fire to the house and let it burn to ashes. Asmund told him about the oak trees, and he was happy about both the beauty of Signe, as well as everything that was in them. He then wooed for Asmund's sister Signe, but Asmund courted his sister Rings, and soon both couples celebrated their wedding. Asmund then moved home to his father. Later, however, the two brothers-in-law took over the kingdom after their fathers and ruled until old age. And so this history.