Brünnhilde

[ broon-hil-duh; German bryn-hil-duh ]

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noun

Brünnhilde

A character in Norse mythology , also known by the name Brynhild. Brünnhilde, a Valkyrie, or woman servant of Odin , loved the hero Siegfried. After she found out that he had deceived her, she had him killed and committed suicide.

So when the day dawned, he rose from the rock where he had been sitting, and Brunnhilde rose from her place by his knee.

Then Brunnhilde nestled yet nearer to him, and the child-instinct within her spake, if so be she might comfort him.

And he stormed forth in fury, the lightning flickering about his path, and left Brunnhilde there.

Yet that selfsame spell of love between her and me gave me thyself, Brunnhilde, and thy eight sisters of the storm.

Then did Wotan remember that he had bidden Brunnhilde to aid him, and it was ill to fight against Brunnhilde.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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