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In Norse mythology, Brünnehilde was a shieldmaiden and a Valkyrie. In the Nibelungenlied, she is an Icelandic princess who broke Odin's laws and was imprisoned in a ring of fire and cursed to stay there until rescued by a hero. Sigurd bravely entered the ring of fire (in the shape of a hero who had previously failed at the task, Gunnar), awoke her from a magical sleep; they fell in love and he gave her his cursed ring, Andvarinaut, unaware that it was cursed. Siegfried then betrayed Brünnehilde for a different woman, Gudrun (Gunnar's sister), because he was unknowingly bewitched by the sorceress Grimhild. Brünnehilde killed herself. She may have been a lunar deity originally.The role of Brünnehilde in the Nibelungenlied appears to have been influenced by Brunhilda, the historical queen of AustrasiaAustrasia was the northeastern portion of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, comprising parts of what are now eastern France, western Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Its capital was at Metz, although some Austrasian kings ruled from Rheims also. The history of Brunhilda and her husband Sigebert ISigebert I ( 535- 575) was a Frankish King, one of the sons of Clotaire I and Ingund. He successfully pursued a civil war against his half brother, Chilperic I. When Clotaire I died in 561, his kingdom was divided, in accordance with Frankish custom, amon includes fratricide, a long battle between brothers, and dealings with the HunsMany historians consider the Huns (meaning "person" in mongolian language) the first Turkic people mentioned in European history. References in Chinese sources to peoples called the Xiong-Nu (Hsiung-nu) go back to 1200 BC. Their Xiong rulers, first mentio.
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123 Brunhild123 Brunhild is a fairly typical stony S-type main belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. Peters on July 31, 1872 and named after Brunnehilde, a Valkyrie in Norse mythology. Main Belt asteroids. is an asteroidAn asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid , which are much smaller than planets. The asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were no.
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