![]() They changed clothes and Gestumblindi went away to hide.Įveryone thought that the new man was the real Gestumblindi and then the stranger went to king Heidrek and between them was the most exquisite contest in wisdom. The two men were so similar that no one could tell them apart. Shortly thereafter, a stranger appeared at Gestumblindi's homestead, and this stranger also called himself Gestumblindi. In desperation, Gestumblindi sacrificed to Odin asking him for assistance. Heidrek sent a message to Gestumblindi that if he did not appear at the court at a certain date, he would be imprisoned. If anyone had any complaint, they had the right to approach these men and would have right to both life and limb on the condition that they asked the king a number of riddles that the king could not answer. King Heidrek had in his hird twelve men who were entrusted to take care of all the legal disputes in the kingdom. ![]() a Goth, who had angered king Heidrek by refusing to pay him tribute. Later, he also appears in several Scandinavian folk tales as Gest Blinde.Īccording to Hervarar saga, Gestumblindi was a powerful man in Reidgotaland, i.e. Gestumblindi is a character in Norse mythology who appears in Hervarar saga and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum as Gestiblindus.
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