Guðrúnarkviða II
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Guðrúnarkviða II, The Second Lay of Gudrún, or Guðrúnarkviða hin forna, The Old Lay of Gudrún is probably the oldest poem of the Sigurd cycle, according to Henry Adams Bellows.
Guðrún has found Sigurd's horse Grani and has understood that Sigurd is dead. Illustration on a Faroese stamp by Anker Eli Petersen.
Gudrun
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Gudrun or Kriemhild is the wife of Sigurd/Siegfried and a major figure in Germanic heroic legend and literature. She is believed to have her origins in Ildico, last wife of Attila the Hun, and two que
Guðrúnarkviða II
…Guðrúnarkviða II, The Second Lay of Gudrún, or Guðrúnarkviða hin forna, The Old Lay of Gudrún is probably the oldest poem of the Sigurd cycle, according to Henry Adams Bellows. The poem was…
Kriemhild discovers Siegfried's corpse. Painting by Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1817.
Kriemhild accuses Hagen of murdering Siegfried. Painting by Emil Lauffer, 1879.
Kriemhild and Gunther, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1807.
Kriemhild's Death, Karl Schmoll von Eisenwerth, 1911.