`drn) or Kudrun (k`–), in Germanic literature. 1 Heroine of the Icelandic epic, the Volsungasaga.
2 Heroine and title person of an anonymous Middle High German epic written shortly after and strongly influenced by the Nibelungenlied (see under Nibelungen Nibelungen or Nibelungs, in Germanic myth and literature, an evil family possessing a magic hoard of gold. The hoard is accursed. The
Nibelungenlied
..... Click the link for more information. ). The epic tells the story of Hilde, Hagen's sister, and of the abduction of her daughter Gudrun.
3 Principal character of the Icelandic Laxdaelasaga, introduced to English readers by William Morris through his "Lovers of Gudrun" in The Earthly Paradise. Wagner's Gutrune (in the Götterdämmerung) is not Gudrun but corresponds to Kriemhild of the Nibelungenlied.
Kriemhild
or GudrunIn the Nibelungenlied, the gentle princess courted by Siegfried. Her grief at Siegfried's death transforms her into a “she-devil”; she exacts revenge by marrying Attila the Hun and killing her brother (who ordered Siegfried's death). She herself is also killed. In Norse legend, as Gudrun, she appears in tales of revenge. Kriemhild's story may have originated in confusion over events in the life of the historical Attila.
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