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Atli invited Guðrún's brothers Gunnarr and Högni to his court and had them treacherously slain. Guðrún avenged their deaths by killing Atli's sons Erpr and Eitil and serving them to their father at a feast.
Aug 27, 1999 · Seeking to avenge her brother's death, Gudrun killed her own two sons by Atli, Erp and Eitil, and roasted their hearts. While Atli and the other guests were intoxicated with wine mixed with his sons' blood, his wife served his sons' flesh. When Atli asked Gudrun where their sons were, she told him that he had just eaten their hearts.
Gudrun took revenge on Atli by killing him herself with Sigurd’s sword and then setting fire to his palace. She committed suicide by immolating herself in the blaze. The Icelandic ‘Poetic (or Elder) Edda’ contains a long poem called the ‘Lay of Atli’ that parallels the story told in the ‘Volsunga Saga’, in which the tragedy is ...
Gudrun. In the Lay of Atli, Gudrun’s brothers Gunnar and Hogni are lured to Atli’s court so that Atli can learn the secret of their treasure. Gunnar and Hogni refuse to tell. Atli has Hogni’s heart cut out while Gunnar laughs in scorn. Gunnar is thrown into a snake pit, then put to death.
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Jun 27, 2018 · Atli in Norse legend, the king of the Huns, who marries the Niblung princess Gudrun. She allows him to kill her brothers, Gunnar and Hogni, in revenge for their murder of her husband Sigurd, but finally kills Atli herself. Atli represents the historical Attila; his Germanic equivalent in the Nibelungenlied is Etzel.
Later Guðrún kills Atli with the aid of Hniflungr, son of Högni. The final part of the poem consists of exchanges between Guðrún and Atli. Guðrún recalls her glorious past when she went harrying with Sigurðr and her brothers.
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Hákon and Atli soon came into conflict over Sogn and fought a battle at Fjalir in Stafaness Bay, in which Håkon was killed. Atli was severely wounded in the battle and taken to a nearby island, where he died.
