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sigurd
the son of Sigmund and Hjordis and the husband of Gudrun. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of Andvari, wins Brynhild for Gunnar, and is finally killed at the behest of Brynhild, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied. -
aslaug
daughter of Brynhild and Sigurd, wife of Ragnar Lodbrok. -
atli
a king of the Huns who married Gudrun for her inheritance and was slain by her after he killed her brothers -
grimhild
(in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the wife of Gjuki and the mother of Gudrun and Gunnar. She gave Sigurd a potion to make him forget Brynhild so that he would marry Gudrun. -
hindfell
the mountain on whose fiery top Brynhild slept until awakened by Sigurd. -
sigrdrifa
a Valkyrie who, for disobedience to Odin, sleeps within a circle of fire until awakened by Sigurd.