Editing Örvar-Oddr (section)

=== Prophecy ===
Oddr was the son of [[Gríms saga loðinkinna|Grímr Loðinkinni]] and the grandson of [[Ketils saga hœngs|Ketill Hængr]] (both of whom have their own sagas) of [[Hålogaland]]. When he was an infant, a [[völva]] predicted that he would be killed by his own horse, Faxi, at the place where he was born, at the age of three hundred (which may signify 360, as the unit in question is probably the "[[long hundred]]" commonly used in medieval [[Germanic languages]], denoting 120 rather than 100).

In order to thwart the prediction, he killed his horse, buried it deep in the ground and left his home intending never to return again. As he was leaving, his father gave him some magic arrows (''Gusisnautar'') which soon earned him the [[cognomen]] ''arrow''. After a voyage to [[Finnmark]], [[Bjarmaland]], [[Holmgård]], [[Constantinople]] and [[Jotunheim]], he fought successfully against several Vikings.