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In the Scandinavian epic ‘Volsunga Saga’, Atli is the brother of Brynhild and the ruthless second husband of Gudrun, daughter of King Giuki and Grimhild. He slew Gudrun’s brother, King Gunnar, and Hogni, and was himself slain by Gudrun.
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Then on a night, when the king had drunken and was asleep, she and the son of Högni went to Atli's room where she thrust her sword through his breast. Guðrún completed her vengeance by setting his hall on fire, and in the confusion Atli's men slew each other.
Atli spake: “Ye shall bring the wagon, for now is he bound.” * * * * * * On the long-maned Glaum rode Atli the great, About him were warriors . . . . . . . . But Guthrun, akin to the gods of slaughter, Yielded not to her tears in the hall of tumult.
She slew first Atli's sons, and thereafter she slew Atli, and burned the hall with his whole company. Concerning this was the following poem made: 1. Atli sent | of old to Gunnar.
The substance of the poem is the same as that of the Atlakvitha; it tells of Atli's message to the sons of Gjuki, their journey to Atli's home, the slaying of Hogni and Gunnar, Guthrun's bitterness over the death of her brothers, and her bloody revenge on Atli.
Lay of Atli, heroic poem in the Norse Poetic Edda (see Edda), an older variant of the tale of slaughter and revenge that is the subject of the German epic Nibelungenlied, from which it differs in several respects. In the Norse poem, Atli (the Hunnish king Attila) is the villain, who is slain by his.
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The substance of the poem is the same as that of the Atlakvitha; it tells of Atli’s message to the sons of Gjuki, their journey to Atli’s home, the slaying of Hogni and Gunnar, Guthrun’s bitterness over the death of her brothers, and her bloody revenge on Atli.
