During a snowstorm, Helgi and his brother Grim blunder into the hof maintained by Helgi's foster-father, Bersi. Helgi breaks in, over Grim's protests.
Helgi answered, "I want to see what sort of hosts these fiends will be to us, because I doubt if I shall ever be in greater need than I am now, and if they don't behave well now, they won't on another occasion."
Then Helgi went into the temple; it was light inside, but the light cast no shadow. All the walls were hung with tapestry and both benches were occupied; the whole place glowed with silver and gold. The gods stared straight ahead and did not welcome those who had come. Frey and Thor sat side-by-side on the high-seat of the lower bench.
Helgi calls the gods "devil's limbs" and demands that they "stand up and invite us in."
Then Helgi crossed the floor to where Frigg and Freya were seated. He spoke the same words to them, saying he would be gentle with them if they would give him better entertainment.
Helgi then robs the gods of their treasures, pushes them off their benches, and boasts:
"I don't think I've ever in my life done a better deed than this. It was the gods who confused the path before me today, because this is the first time in my life that I've ever lost my way."
