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Gudrun

Gudrun (/ˈɡʊdruːn/ GUUD-roon; Old Norse: Guðrún) or Kriemhild (/ˈkriːmhɪlt/ KREEM-hilt; Middle High German: Kriemhilt) 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 queens of the Merovingian dynasty, Brunhilda of Austrasia and…

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Scandinavian traditions and attestations

Prose EddaSnorri SturlusonPoetic EddaVölsunga sagaBallad
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Continental Germanic traditions and attestations

NibelungenliedBildungsromanWormsOrtliebHildebrand
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Old NorseMiddle High GermanSigurd/SiegfriedGermanic heroic legendIldico
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In popular culture

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Theories about the development of the Gudrun figure

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Gudrun

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Triples166
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Prose Edda · 24
Gudrun → Brunhild, Gjúki, Gjúki's, Grimhild, Gudrun's, Gunnar, Gunnar's, Guthorm, His, Högni, Prose Edda, Scandinavian, Sigmund, Sigurd, Sigurd's, Skáldskaparsmál, Snorri, Snorri Sturluson, Some, Svanhild
related to Etymology · 20
Gudrun → According, Another, Crem, Grim, Grīm, Gunþrūn, Guðrún, Kriemhild, Krēm, Kudrun, Middle High German, North Sea Germanic, Old English, Old Norse, On, One, Proto-Germanic, The, There, Yet
related to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and Svanhild · 17
Gudrun → Bragi, Bragi Boddason, Edward Haymes, Ermanaric, Ermanaric's, Gjúki, Gudrun's, Jǫrmunrek, Other, Ragnarsdrápa, Scandinavian, Sigurd, Skaldic, Susan Samples, Svanhild, The, This
related to Origins · 17
Gudrun → Austrasia, Brunhild, Brunhild's, Brunhilda, Brunhilda's, Burgundians, Chilperic, Frankish, Fredegund, Fredegund's, Gudrun's, Huns, In, Sigebert, Sigurd, Sigurd's, The
related to Role in the destruction of Burgundians · 17
Gudrun → Attila, Burgundian, Burgundians, Flavius Aetius, Gudrun's, Gundicharius, Gunther, Her, Hunnish, Nibelungenlied, Rhine, Roman, Scandinavian, Scholars, Sigurd's, The, These
related to Völsunga saga · 17
Gudrun → Brunhild, Gjuki, Gjuki's, Grimhild, Gudrun's, Gunnar, Guthorm, Högni, In, Norway, Poetic Edda, Sigurd, The, The Völsunga, Thidrekssaga, Völsunga Saga, When Sigurd
related to Gesta Danorum · 15
Gudrun → Danish, Ermanaric, Gesta Danorum, Guthruna, In, Jarmericus, Jorumrek, Latin, Nibelungenlied, Saxo, Saxo Grammaticus, Scandinavian, Svanhild's, The Danish, Victor Millet
related to Wild Hunt · 14
Gudrun → Asgard Ride, Christmas, Grípisspá, Gudrun Horse-tail, Gunnar, Guro, Guro Rysserova, In, Lussireia, Norwegian, Oskoreia, Scandinavian, Sigurd Svein, Wild Hunt
related to Poetic Edda · 12
Gudrun → As, Depending, Generally, Gullrönd, Gunnar, Guthorm, Högni, Iceland, It, Nordic, Scandinavian, The Poetic Edda
related to Theories about the development of the Gudrun figure · 10
Gudrun → Atlakviða, Attila, Based, Burgundians, Gudrun's, Kriemhild, Nibelungenlied, Sigurd, The, This

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kriemhild sigurd brunhild atli siegfried poem brothers gunther grimhild burgundians king gunnar death gudrun's hagen wife one nibelungenlied tradition also

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Gudrunis aoriginal name and the name Kriemhild a later invention0.90text
Gudrunis adaughter of Gjuki0.90text
the Nibelungenliedinstance ofas well as possibly some from German written sources0.80text
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildThe0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildGudrun's0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildErmanaric0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildJǫrmunrek0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildSvanhild0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildScandinavian0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildSigurd0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildEdward Haymes0.60section
Gudrunrelated to Attachment to the legend of Ermanaric and SvanhildSusan Samples0.60section

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