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Attila the Hun wife

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Attila the Hun wife

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Ildico (fl. AD 453) was the last wife of the Hunnic ruler Attila. Her name is probably Germanic, a diminutive form of the noun *hildaz ("battle"), a common element in Germanic female names (e.g. Svanhildr, Brynhildr and Gunnhildr), and Hildr ("battle") was the name of a Valkyrie. Her name is thus reconstructed as *Hildiko ("little Hildr"), and it is probably preserved in *Grímhild or *Krēmhild, the name of Ildico's later legendary version.

According to Priscus, Attila died after the feast celebrating their marriage in 453 AD, in which he suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death in a stupor:

In Germanic heroic legends, she corresponds to Guðrún/Kriemhild, and in the Norse versions she deliberately killed Attila, in revenge for the death of her kinsmen.

References

References

  1. (1973). "Catalogue of Persons Named in German Heroic Literature, 700-1600: Including Named Animals and Objects and Ethnic Names". Oxford University.
  2. Gillespie, George T. (1973). Catalogue of Persons Named in German Heroic Literature, 700-1600: Including Named Animals and Objects and Ethnic Names. Oxford: Oxford University. {{ISBN. 9780198157182. p. 21
  3. Olley, Katherine Marie. (2018). "The Icelandic Hǫgni: The Re-imagining of a Nibelung Hero in the Eddic Tradition". Scandinavian Studies.
  4. JORDANES. THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS. translated by Charles C. Mierow. Transcribed by J. Vanderspoel, Department of Greek, Latin and Ancient History, University of Calgary. [http://people.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html#ostro]
  5. Ludlow, John Malcolm. (1865). "Popular epics of the middle ages of the Norse-German and Carlovingian cycles.". Macmillan & C.
  6. Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.. (2009). "The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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