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Brynhild
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Also known as Brunhild, Brünhild, Brunnhilde, Brunhilde, Brunhilda

thumb|"Brunnhild" (1897) by Gaston Bussière

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29 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Origins
  • Scandinavian traditions and attestations
  • Prose Edda
  • Poetic Edda
  • Grípisspá
  • Fáfnismál
  • Sigrdrífumál
  • Brot af Sigurðarkviðu
  • Guðrúnarkviða I
  • Sigurðarkviða hin skamma
  • Helreið Brynhildar
  • Völsunga saga
  • Ballads
  • Continental Germanic traditions and attestations
  • Nibelungenlied
  • Nibelungenklage
  • Rosengarten zu Worms
  • Þiðrekssaga
  • Biterolf und Dietleib
  • Theories about the development of the Brunhild figure
  • Identity as a valkyrie and awakening
  • Wooing
  • Relationship to Atli (Attila) and family
  • Relationship to Sigurd
  • Suicide
  • Modern culture
  • References
  • External links

thumb|"Brunnhild" (1897) by Gaston Bussière

Brunhild, also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild ( , , or ), is a female character from Germanic heroic legend. She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess and queen Brunhilda of Austrasia.

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