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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