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They received Sigurd with much honour. Grimhild knew of his relations with Brunhild, and gave him a potion which produced forgetfulness of the war-maiden, so that he accepted the hand of Gudrun which Giuki offered him. The marriage was celebrated with great splendour, and Sigurd remained at Giukis court, much acclaimed for his deeds of skill and valour.
He explained to the war-maiden that he was the son of Giuki and had come to claim her hand. The destiny laid upon her by Woden compelled her to consent, but she did so with much reluctance.
In the mountains he calls his war-maiden Brynhild, the child borne to him by the First Mother, and bids her see to it that Hunding shall fall in the approaching combat. But he is reckoning without his consort, Fricka. What will she, the Law, say to the lawless pair who have heaped incest on adultery?
Promise me that you will forbid your war-maiden to give aid to Siegmund." Wotan's heart ached at the thought of failing this friend he loved so well. On Siegmund were centered all his hopes. Yet he feared to refuse his wife's request. Quarrels and strife must not come into Valhalla. He threw himself upon a rocky seat and hung his head and thought in silence. At length he said: "I promise.
For when they come to a certain river, the Amazons forbid them to pass, unless they will fight their she-champion; and Lamissohn swims over and fights the war-maiden, and slays her; and they go on and come into a large land and quiet, somewhere about Silesia, it would seem, and abode there a long while.
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