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Brynhild
Also known as Brunhild, Brünhild, Brunnhilde, Brunhilde, Brunhilda
thumb|"Brunnhild" (1897) by Gaston Bussière
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29 sectionsContents
- 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.