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Brünnhilde the Valkyrie by Arthur Rackham

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BRUNHILD

Brunhild, one of the most famous Valkyries, appears in The Völsunga Saga and various Norse poems. She was a warrior maiden serving Odin, but as punishment for defying his will, she was stripped of her Valkyrie status and placed in an enchanted sleep, surrounded by a ring of fire where only a hero worthy of her love could awaken her.

Sigurd, the legendary dragon-slayer, braved the flames and woke Brunhild. They pledged themselves to each other, but fate intervened. Through deception and magic, Sigurd was tricked into marrying Gudrun, while her brother, Gunnar, claimed Brunhild. When Brunhild learnt of his betrayal, her heartbreak turned to fury. She orchestrated Sigurd’s murder, but upon his death, her grief consumed her. She threw herself onto his funeral pyre, choosing to join him in death.

Her tragic story, immortalized in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, echoes the Norse themes of love, fate, and doom.

(Text by Delia Gosforth, Illustration by Ellen Artistic)

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