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Poetic Edda - Bellows Trans.
Drap Niflunga
Gunnar
and Hogni then took all the gold that Fafnir had had. There was strife between
the Gjukungs and Atli, for he held the Gjukungs guilty of Brynhild’s death.
It was agreed that they should give him Guthrun as wife, and they gave her
a draught of forgetfulness to drink before she would consent to be wedded
to Atli. The sons of Atli were Erp and Eitil, and Svanhild was the daughter
of Sigurth and Guthrun. King Atli invited Gunnar and Hogni to come to him,
and sent as messenger Vingi or Knefroth. Guthrun was aware of treachery,
and sent with him a message in runes that they should not come, and as a
token she sent to Hogni the ring Andvaranaut and tied a wolf’s hair in it.
Gunnar had sought Oddrun, Atli’s sister, for his wife, but had her not;
then he married Glaumvor, and Hogni’s wife was Kostbera; their sons were
Solar and Snaevar and Gjuki. And when the Gjukungs came to Atli, then Guthrun
besought her sons to plead for the lives of both the Gjukungs, but they
would not do it. Hogni’s heart was cut out, and Gunnar was cast into the
serpent’s den. He smote on the harp and put the serpents to sleep, but an
adder stung him in the liver.
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