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{{dablink|For the [[acronym]] SIGI, please see [[SIGI]].}}
In the [[Völsung cycle]], '''Sigi''' is the ancestor of the Völsung lineage.
In the ''[[Völsunga saga]]'' <small>(1)</small>, he is said to be the [[Sons of Odin|son of Odin]]<ref>Jesse L. Byock (c1990) suggested that the element ''sig'' (victory), which appears in the name of other members of the Völsung family - [[Sigmundr]], [[Signý]], [[Sigurðr]] - had to do with their special relationship with Odin, who was the god of victory ([[List of names of Odin|Sigtýr]]).</ref>.
He was outlawed for murdering a slave who had outdone him in hunting.
With the help of Odin, Sigi fled from the land and led successful raids, so much so that he became king of [[Húnaland]] (a country name referring both to the territories of the [[Franks]], also known as the ''Hugones'' or ''Hugas'', and the territories of the [[Huns]]).
He had a son called [[Rerir]].
In his old age, he was killed by his wife's brothers who seized his kingdom. Rerir avenged him.
Sigi (or Siggi) is also mentioned in the [[Prologue of the Prose Edda |prologue of the ''Prose Edda'']], where he is said to have ruled over [[Frakland]] (land of the Franks):
:Odin's third son is named Sigi, his son Rerir. These the forefathers ruled over what is now called Frankland; and thence is descended the house known as Völsungs.
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::—''Prose Edda Prologue'' <small>(4)</small>, [http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/LegendsSagas/Edda/ProseEdda/Prologue.htm#p4 Brodeur's translation]
He is listed among Odin's sons in the ''[[þulur]]''.
==Note==
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==References==
* Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (trans.). 1916. ''Snorri Sturluson: The Prose Edda''. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.
* Byock, Jesse L. (trans.). c1990. ''The saga of the Volsungs: the Norse epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer''. Berkeley and Los Angeles, Calif. ; London: University of California Press. First publihed: 1990. ISBN 0-520-23285-2.
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