Atlamál in grœnlenzku

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Atlamál in grœnlenzku is an Old Norse heroic poem from the Poetic Edda that recounts the tragic betrayal and death of the Burgundian brothers at the hands of Atli.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eddic poem
Old Norse poem
heroic poem
antagonist Atli
associatedCycle Nibelungenlied
surface form: Nibelung legend

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
surface form: Völsung–Nibelung cycle
associatedTradition Old Norse literature
surface form: Germanic heroic legend
belongsTo Old Norse canon
collection Poetic Edda
culture Icelandic literary tradition
Old Norse literature
featuresCharacter Atli Budlason
Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir
surface form: Guðrún Gjúkadóttir
featuresGroup Gjúkungar (Burgundian brothers)
form alliterative verse
genre heroic poetry
hasCharacterDeath Gunnar
Högni
hasTitleGloss “The Greenlandic Lay of Atli”
hasTitleVariant Atlamál
language Old Norse language
surface form: Old Norse
literaryCategory mythological-heroic poetry
literaryForm narrative poem
mainCharacters Atli
Gunnar
Gudrun
surface form: Guðrún

Högni
meter málaháttr
narrativeFocus betrayal of the Burgundian brothers
death of the Burgundian brothers
originalScript runic-derived Latin script
originPeriod Middle Ages
partOf Poetic Edda
preservedIn Codex Regius
regionOfOrigin medieval Iceland
relatedWork Atlakviða
Guðrúnarkviða
surface form: Guðrúnarkviða II

Guðrúnarkviða
surface form: Guðrúnarkviða III
setting Atli's court
subjectMatter conflict between Atli and the Burgundian brothers
textualTransmission medieval manuscript tradition
theme betrayal
family tragedy
loyalty and treachery
revenge

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Poetic Edda contains Atlamál in grœnlenzku
Atlakviða relatedWork Atlamál in grœnlenzku