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In the Norse tradition, Brunhild is a shieldmaiden or valkyrie, who appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some Eddic poems treating the same events. In the continental Germanic tradition, where she is a central character in the Nibelungenlied , she is a powerful Amazon-like queen.
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.
The term Shield-maiden is a calque of the Old Norse: skjaldmær.Since Old Norse has no word that directly translates to warrior, but rather drengr, rekkr and seggr can all refer to male warrior and bragnar can mean warriors, it is problematic to say that the term meant female warrior to Old Norse speakers.
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.
Name Name meaning Referred to as a valkyrie in Brynhildr "Armor battle" or "bright battle" [6] Skáldskaparmál: Eir "Peace, clemency" [7] or "help, mercy" [8] Nafnaþulur: Geirahöð
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 .
Brunhild, in the Nibelungen, is "a royal maiden who reigned beyond the sea: "From sunrise to the sundown no paragon had she. All boundless as her beauty was her strength was peerless too, And evil plight hung o'er the knight who dared her love to woo. For he must try three bouts with her; the whirling spear to fling;
The poem begins with the victorious young Sigurd the Völsung's arrival at the court of Gjúki and it informs that he swore oaths together with the two brothers (Gjúki's sons Gunnarr and Högni). [1]