School mythological pictures 3.
The children's pictures dedicated to Scandinavian epos.
"Sigurdr and Gudrun". Komarova Tanya (watercolor, Indian ink).
Sigurdr rode away and came to the king who was named Gjuki, whose wife was Grimhildr; their children were Gunnarr, Hogni, Gudrun, Gudny; Gotthormr was Gjuki's stepson. Sigurdr tarried there a long time, and then he obtained the hand of Gudrun, daughter of Gjuki, and Gunnarr and Hogni swore oaths of blood brotherhood with Sigurdr. Thereafter Sigurdr and the sons of Gjuki went unto Atli, Budli's son, to sue for the hand of Brynhildr his sister in marriage to Gunnarr. (Edda).
"Atli and Hogni". Komarova Tanya (watercolor, Indian ink).
"King Atli, Budli's son, and brother of Brynhildr, then wedded Gudrun, whom Sigurdr had had to wife; and they had children. King Atli invited to him Gunnarr and Hogni, and they came at his invitation. Yet before they departed from their land, they hid the gold, Fafnir's heritage, in the Rhine, and that gold has never since been found. Now King Atli had a host in readiness, and fought with Gunnarr and Hogni; and they were made captive. King Atli bade . the heart be cut out of Hogni alive, and that was his end. Gunnarr he caused to be cast into a den of serpents. But a harp was brought secretly to Gunnarr, and he struck it with his toes, his hands being bound; he played the harp so that all the serpents fell asleep, saving only one adder, which glided over to him, and gnawed into the cartilage of his breast-bone so far that her head sank within the wound, and she clove to his liver till he died. Gunnarr and Hogni were called Niflungs and Gjukungs, for which reason gold is called Treasure, or Heritage, of the Niflungs. (Edda).