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In the Völsunga saga, Queen Grimhild gave Sigurðr a magic potion that made him forget that he ever married his wife Brynhildr, so that he would marry Gudrun, her daughter, while Brynhildr would marry her son Gunnar. However, Brynhildr refused to marry Gunnar, as she would only marry a man who could cross the ring of flames she put up around ...
Högni now leads the Burgundians, who lock themselves in the king's hall. Grimhild orders the hall set on fire, and in the following battle Gisler and Gernoz die. Grimhild sticks a piece of flaming wood into her dead brothers' mouths to see if they are dead, causing an enraged Thidrek to kill her. [34] [35]
One day, Gunnar comes and sues for her hand, but she refuses. Then Sigurd comes, breaks through the wall of fire, and they sleep together. When he leaves, however, Gudrun and her mother Grimhild cast a spell on Sigurd so that he forgets Brunhild and marries Gudrun. Some time later Brunhild and Gudrun argue in the bath, with Gudrun refusing to ...
as Queen of West Franks: 6 October 869 Charles the Bald: Richilde of Provence: Bivin of Gorze - 870 as Queen of West Franks, Queen of Italy, and Holy Roman Empress: 6 October 877 husband's death: 2 June 910 Adelaide of Paris: Adalard of Paris - February 875 6 October 877 as Queen of West Franks: 10 April 879 husband's death: 10 November 901
Certain that such a Queen will bring glory to her son's court, Grimhild counsels King Gunnar to wed. Sigurd, Högni, and Gunnar depart for Brynhild's mead hall. King Gunnar's horse shies away at the sight of the fire at the mead hall. Through a spell cast by Grimhild, Sigurd rides through the fire in Gunnar's likeness.
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This Grimhild was just as evil as she was beautiful, and so were her seven daughters that she had before marrying King Áli. Rumours began to spread in the kingdom and when a man disappeared mysteriously this was attributed to Grimhild. Grimhild murdered the old king by poison, became the ruler and soon her tyranny had laid the whole kingdom waste.
Grimhild/Ute is the mother of the Burgundian kings. In the Norse tradition, she is the mother of Gunnar, Gudrun, Gutthorm 1 , and Hagen/Högni 1 . In the German tradition, she is the mother of the brothers Gunnar, Giselher, Gernot, and Kriemhild, as well as the sister of Bishop Pilgrim of Passau.