Editing Brunhild (section)

=== Ballads ===

[[Image:Faroe stamp 320 Brynhild & Buðli.jpg|thumb|upright|Brunhild proposes the creation of a wall of fire around her hall to her father Budli in order to challenge Sigurd; Faroese postal stamp from 1998]]

Brunhild lived on as a character in several late medieval and early modern Scandinavian ballads. These often have sources both from the Scandinavian tradition and from the continental tradition, either via the ''Thidrekssaga'' or directly from German sources.{{sfn|Böldl|Preißler|2015}}

In the Danish ballad ''Sivard og Brynild'' ([[Danmarks gamle Folkeviser|DgF]] 3, [[The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad|TSB]] E&nbsp;101), Sigurd wins Brunhild on the "glass mountain" and then gives her to his friend Hagen. One day, Brunhild fights with Sigurd's wife Signild, and Signild shows Brunhild a ring that Brunhild had given Sigurd as a love gift. Brynhild then tells Hagen to kill Sigurd, and Hagen does this by first borrowing Sigurd's sword then killing him with it. He then shows Brunhild Sigurd's head and kills her too when she offers him her love.{{sfn|Holzapfel|1974|p=65}}

A ballad from the [[Faroe Islands]], ''Brynhildar táttur'' (the song of Brynhild, TSB E&nbsp;100), also tells a version of the story of Brunhild.{{sfn|Holzapfel|1974|p=28}} The original form of this ballad likely dates to the fourteenth century,{{sfn|Böldl|Preißler|2015}} though it is clear that many variants have been influenced by the Danish ballads.{{sfn|Holzapfel|1974|pp=28–29}} In the ballad, Brunhild refuses all suitors; she will only marry Sigurd. To attract him, she tells her father Budli to create a hall with a wall of fire around her. One day, Gunnar comes and sues for her hand, but she refuses. Then Sigurd comes, breaks through the wall of fire, and they sleep together. When he leaves, however, Gudrun and her mother [[Grimhild]] cast a spell on Sigurd so that he forgets Brunhild and marries Gudrun. Some time later Brunhild and Gudrun argue in the bath, with Gudrun refusing to share water with Brunhild. She reminds Brunhild that Sigurd took her virginity, whereupon Brunhild tells Högni (or in some versions, Gunnar) to kill Sigurd. Budli tries unsuccessfully to change his daughter's mind; once Sigurd is dead, Brunhild collapses in grief.{{sfn|Andersson|1980|pp=63–65}}