Rerir

In the Völsunga saga tradition Rerir is the son of Sigi. While Rerir was absent his father Sigi was attacked and killed; Rerir returned, reclaimed the throne, and avenged his father's murder. Rerir married but remained childless until the goddess Frigg sent a giantess named Hljod in the shape of a crow to deliver an apple of fertility to Rerir and his wife; after his wife conceived Rerir died of an illness. The pregnancy lasted six years and the child, Völsung, was delivered by Caesarean and was able to kiss his mother before she died.

The supplied saga material and summaries do not provide a physical description of Rerir. He is portrayed functionally as a king and dynastic leader — a ruler who reclaims a throne and exacts vengeance — but details such as age, bearing, clothing, or specific regalia are not recorded in the referenced sources.

Rerir is not described as possessing supernatural powers. His notable capacities are political and martial: he reclaims his father's throne, avenges Sigi's murder, and governs Hunaland as a powerful ruler. His household's fertility is resolved through divine intervention by Frigg, who dispatches Hljod with a fertility apple; the extraordinary features of his son's gestation and birth (six‑year pregnancy and Caesarean delivery) are narrative motifs tied to divine agency rather than to abilities of Rerir himself.