The Folk-Lore Record, Vol. 5

Excerpt from The Folk-Lore Record

After the slaying of Sigurd her husband, Gudrun was overurged by her mother Grimhild and her brothers Gunnar and Hogne to wed King Atle. She foresaw the evil that would come, but gave way, and went over sea to Atle and became his wife. But they lived unlovingly together. Atle bethought him how he might win the gold possessed by Sigurd, and he sent a message to Gunnar and Hogne that they should come and visit him. In vain did Gudrun, suspecting treachery, warn them by runes carved in a ring she sent them; in vain did the heroes' wives dream ominous dreams. Gunnar and Hogne.