Grimhild

Overview

Stanza 4 places Grimhild only in preparation for the attack. The note treats wolf and snake flesh as an old way of inciting ferocity; it is not psychological diagnosis, and motives from missing material are not invented.

Key facts

Relationships

• Gotthormfeeds wolf and snake flesh

  Grimhild has Gotthorm given wolf and snake flesh.

• Gudrunfinds her daughter

  finds her daughter

Story appearances

• Fragment of a Sigurd Lay: The Outdoor Killing VersionFigure or event in the Fragment of a Sigurd Lay

  The woman who has Gotthorm fed wolf and snake flesh before the attack in the Fragment.

• The Old Lay of Guthrun: Recollection and Ominous DreamFigure or event in the Old Lay of Guthrun

  The woman who has Gotthorm fed wolf and snake flesh before the attack in the Fragment.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

• Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Brot af Sigurtharkvithu, Introduction, surviving stanzas 1–20, and closing prose: oath dispute, Gotthorm, outdoor killing, and prophecy.