Gudrun : sister of Gunner & wife of Sigurd & after Sigurd’s death, of Atli.
... HUMBER Lo she whose starlike eyes enthral the nations, Comes to do reverence to Humber, glad To be his glory's meanest satellite. Kneel down, daughter of princes, favoured more Than Freya or Gudrun; for these were wives Of gods or demigods, but thou the slave Of Humber. Lo whose pleasure kingdoms strove To do, is made my footstool. I have slain Nations to win her and have ravished her Before ...
... When he is drunk with success, Humber thinks that he is greater than Thor, and thus addresses the captive Princess Estrild: Kneel down, daughter of princes, favoured more Than Prey a or Gudrun; for these were wives Of gods or demigods, but thou the slave Of Humber. Like Polydaon, Humber too seems to have been intended as a dramatic study megalomania - the overweening ...
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