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Gudrun is introduced as the daughter of Gjúki and Grimhild, full sister to Gunnar and Högni, and half-sister to Guthorm. Gudrun marries Sigurd when he comes to Gjúki's kingdom. When Sigurd returns from aiding Gunnar in his wooing of Brunhild, Sigurd and Gudrun have two children, a son named Sigmund and a daughter named Svanhild. [66]
Guðrún is a feminine given name. The English and German version of the name is Gudrun.It is one of the most frequently given female names in Iceland.In 2004, it was ranked first before Anna and Sigríður.
Gudrun is a feminine given name of Old Norse origin derived from guð or goð, meaning "god"; and rūn, meaning "rune", or "secret lore". Gudrun, the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as well as the English and German form of the name, was revived and came into greater use in the latter half of the 19th century [ 2 ]
Gudrun is the sister of Gunnar and wife of Sigurd in Norse mythology. Gudrun may also refer to: Gudrun (given name) Guðrún, an Icelandic given name (includes variants such as Gudrun) Kudrun, also known as Gudrun, a German medieval epic and its main character; 328 Gudrun, a main belt asteroid; Gudrun (storm), a European windstorm
Gudrun did not want to marry him because she knew he would end up killing her brothers. This is the last mention of Grímhild in the Völsunga saga . It is probable that, in the original myth, the ring's curse also brought misfortune and even death upon Grímhild herself.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (1876) is an epic poem of over 10,000 lines by William Morris that tells the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd (the equivalent of Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [1] [2]) and Sigurd's wife Gudrun.
Princess Gudrun of the Niflungs approaches her mother, the witch-hearted Queen Grimhild, with a dream. The Niflungs were hunting a stag which evaded their grasp. Gudrun caught him, only to see him stung with a shaft by a spiteful woman. Her mother then gave Gudrun a wolf to ease her grief and bathed her in the blood of her brothers. Gudrun sees ...
Guðrún was the daughter of Ósvífr Helgason and Þórdís Þjóðólfsdóttir. She grew up at Laugar in Sælingsdal. Her future marriages were foretold when she relayed four dreams, each representing one of her marriages to come.