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- Later, Sigurd brings Gunnar to Brunhild's brother Atli to ask for Brunhild's hand in marriage. Brunhild lives on a mountain called Hindarfjall, where she is surrounded by a wall of flame. Atli tells them that Brunhild will only marry a man who rides through the flame.
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Brunhild has evidently accused Sigurd of having slept with her, and this has caused Gunnar and Högni to have their half-brother Guthorm kill Sigurd. Once Sigurd has been murdered, Brunhild rejoices before admitting to Gunnar that Sigurd never slept with her.
Unaware that her love Sigurd had been given a potion to forget her, Brynhild unhappily resigned to her marriage to Gunnar. But when Brynhild discovered how she had been deceived into marrying Gunnar, her humiliation and resentment became outright hatred directed against Sigurd.
Gunnar was unable to reach Brunhilde because of the ring of fire that encircled the castle where she stayed. Disguising himself as Gunnar, Sigurd was able to pass through the fire and reach Brunhilde, and they married.
Aug 10, 2020 · Sigurd’s horse refused to bear Gunnar anywhere. At last the brothers used a magic Grimhild had taught them to exchange shapes. Sigurd’s horse still knew him when he wore Gunnar’s form, and it carried him through the fire to Brynhild.
How Brynhild was Won for Gunnar. Now that Sigurd had wed Gudrun he was one with the Nibelungs. The hoard that was in the dragon Fafnir's cave he brought away and he left in their treasure house. Sigurd went into his fosterfather's kingdom again, and he saw King Alv and Hiordis, his mother.
Disguising himself as Gunnar, Sigurd pursued Brunhilde. Later Brunhilde realized she had been tricked and arranged to have Sigurd murdered. When she learned of his death, however, she was overcome with grief and committed suicide by throwing herself on his funeral pyre.
Jul 13, 2017 · Brunhild did not forget Theodebert II’s betrayal, and she did not let Theoderic in Burgundy forget her banishment, either. By 612, she convinced Theoderic to invade Austrasia and seize the kingdom from his brother.
