• Brunhild

Brunhild (suomeksi)

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• (lb, en, Germanic mythology) A shieldmaiden and valkyrie in Germanic mythology, a main character in the w:Nibelungenlied, Nibelungenlied, w:Völsunga saga, Völsunga saga, and some poems of the Poetic Edda.
• (given name, female, from=German, lang=en)
• (lb, en, historical) Queen w:Brunhilda of Austrasia, Brunhilda of Austrasia, wife of w:Sigebert I, Sigebert I, who later ruled Austrasia and Burgundy as regent.
• * '''2013''', Theresa Earenfight, ''Queenship in Medieval Europe'', [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GD4dBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA58&dq=%22Brunhild%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z1xEVdOnIOK_mwWqn4HoAw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22Brunhild%22&f=false page 58],
• *: Unlike some contemporary queens who converted their husbands to orthodox belief, '''Brunhild''' was an Arian Christian who was converted to orthodoxy when she married Sigebert.
• * '''2014''', Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, ''Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500'', [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=caPIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA104&dq=%22Brunhild%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z1xEVdOnIOK_mwWqn4HoAw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22Brunhild%22&f=false page 104],
• *: One of the rare women who came to great power in the early medieval world was '''Brunhild''', daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild and reputedly a girl of mesmerising beauty.
• * '''2015''', E. T Dailey, ''Queens, Consorts, Concubines'', [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Wzy2CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA119&dq=%22Brunhild%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z1xEVdOnIOK_mwWqn4HoAw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22Brunhild%22&f=false page 119],
• *: In the ''Histories'', '''Brunhild''' and Fredegund appear as political adversaries and moral opposites. Gregory encouraged his audience to compare the two queens by emphasising their differences. He said nothing bad of '''Brunhild''', yet he accused Fredegund of a great many crimes, including murder, sacrilege, witchcraft and treason.
• (lb, en, astronomy) w:123 Brunhild, 123 Brunhild, a main belt asteroid, named after the mythological figure.