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Atli
Atli in Norse legend, the king of the Huns, who marries the Niblung princess Gudrun. She allows him to kill her brothers, Gunnar and Hogni, in revenge for their murder of her husband Sigurd, but finally kills Atli herself. Atli represents the historical Attila; his Germanic equivalent in the Nibelungenlied is Etzel.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Atli." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Atli." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Atli.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Atli." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Atli.html |
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Atli see Etzel . |
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"Atli." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Atli." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Atli.html "Atli." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Atli.html |
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