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Brunhild, also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild (Old Norse: Brynhildr [ˈbrynˌhildz̠], Middle High German: Brünhilt, Modern German: Brünhild or Brünhilde), is a female character from Germanic heroic legend. She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess and queen Brunhilda of Austrasia.
Sigurd then helps Gunnar woo Brunhild, using a spell taught them by Grimhild, and for a time Brunhild and Gudrun share Gjuki's court. [103] One day Gudrun and Brunhild quarrel while washing their hair; Brunhild insists that her husband Gunnar is a higher-ranking man than Sigurd.
Brunhilde is a German feminine given name, derived from a combination of the Germanic word elements brun, or armor, and hild, or battle.The Valkyrie Brunhild is a heroine of Germanic heroic legend.
Characters based on Brunhild and her depictions. She is a female character from Germanic heroic legend . She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess Brunhilda of Austrasia .
Brynhild is a Norwegian feminine given name, a form of the German Brunhild, a heroine of Germanic heroic legend. [2] It may refer to: Brynhild Berge (1901–1975), Norwegian diver and Olympian; Brynhild Grasmoen (1929–2000), American alpine skier and Olympian
In both the Norse and continental Germanic tradition, Sigurd is portrayed as dying as the result of a quarrel between his wife (Gudrun/Kriemhild) and another woman, Brunhild, whom he has tricked into marrying the Burgundian king Gunnar/Gunther. His slaying of a dragon and possession of the hoard of the Nibelungen is also common to both traditions.
Helreið Brynhildar (Old Norse 'The Hel-ride of Brynhild') [1] is a short Old Norse poem that is found in the Poetic Edda. Most of the poem (except stanza 6) is also quoted in Norna-Gests þáttr . Henry Adams Bellows says in his commentaries that the poem is a masterpiece with an "extraordinary degree of dramatic unity" and that it is one of ...
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