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| | Western Literature to Dante: Week 28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | One cannot trust these stories as direct historical sources, of course: Attila, for example, died (according to the best historical sources) from drinking too much wine, not at the hands of some disgruntled in-laws. |
 | | Even so, in this interwoven story we find the names of Attila (Atli in the Norse sources; Etzel in the German ones) and Bleda (Budli) his brother (here become his father); the kings Gundaharius (Gunnar here; Gunther in the German), Gibica (here Gjuki; Gibich in the German), and Gislaharius (Giselher in the German; omitted here). |
 | | We also find Brynhild, mentioned earlier by Gregory of Tours. |
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