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Atli, who is Brunhild's brother, blames Gunnar for Brunhild's death, and in order to placate him Gunnar marries Gudrun to Atli. Gudrun must be given a magic potion to make her forget about Sigurd first. Some time later Atli invites Gunnar and Högni intending to betray them and take their gold.
At their wedding feast, Atli drinks to Gudrun, moved both by her beauty and by dreams of the dragon hoard. He takes Gudrun back to Hunland, but his lust for the dragon hoard remains unquenched and he summons the Niflungs to a feast in Hunland.
- J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
- 2009
Gudrun, heroine of several Old Norse legends whose principal theme is revenge. She is the sister of Gunnar and wife of Sigurd (Siegfried) and, after Sigurd’s death, of Atli. Her sufferings as a wife, sister, and mother are the unifying elements of several poems.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 28, 2001 · In the Icelandic saga, Gudrun was very reluctant to marry Atli, while the German tradition has Kriemhild marrying Etzel because she saw him as the perfect instrument to bring about the downfall of Hagen and her brothers.
Gudrun was devastated by the death of her husband and did not want to marry again. Her mother Grimhild gave her a potion of forgetfulness so that she would marry King Atli, Brynhild’s brother. When the potion wore off, Gudrun came to despise Atli.
She too was given a draught of forgetfulness by Grímhildr, because she would otherwise not have agreed to marry Atli, the king of the Huns, and brother of Brynhildr. Her husband invited Högni and Gunnarr to his residence, but Guðrún suspected treachery and sent them word in runes not to come.
Aug 16, 2003 · Gudrun, also known as Grimhild or Kriemhild, is a complex figure in Norse and Germanic mythology. As Sigurd's wife, she navigates a tragic path of love, betrayal, and vengeance. In Norse tales, Gudrun aligns with her brothers, avenging their deaths by killing her second husband, Atli.
