Atli

Old Norse: Atli
Meaning: Old Norse form of Attila

1. son of Hring
2. son of Ithmund
3. Attila, son of Buthli
4. a skald
5. Thor
6. a sea-king

1.
Atli was the son of Hring and brother of Alf and Yngvi.

Poetic Edda: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I - The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane.

2.
Atli, son of Ithmund, was Hjorvarth's follower. In the Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar (The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvarth) Atli has a conversation with a bird, concerning the winning of Sigrlin. Later he killed the bird and brought Sigrlin and Alof to his King. The Jarl Franmar changed himself into an eagle and guarded them.
Then Hjorvarth married Sigrlin and Atli married Alof.

When Helgi (son of Sigrlin and Hjorvarth) was grown up, he and Atli avenged his mother's father and killed King Hrothmar.

They also killed the giant Hati ("The Hateful"). In the night, after they slew the giant, Atli kept watch during the first part of the night. Hrimgerth ("Frost Shrouded"), daughter of Hati, came to the ship and had a vigorous argument with him, till sunrise, when she died ('coused by the sunrays).

Poetic Edda: Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar - The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvarth

3.
Atli = Attila

4.
Atli the skald sung about 'fire':

Embers, as Atli sang:

With blood the axe is reddened,
Embers wax, burn many houses,
Halls stand aglow; now rages
The Gem; good men are falling.

Prose Edda: Skaldskaparmal LXXVII

5.
Atli was also one of Thor’s names.

Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál XXVI, Nafnaþulur XVII

6.
In the listing of sea-kings at the end of the Skáldskaparmál there’s also mentioned a character with the name Atli.

Prose Edda: Nafnaþulur I

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