Question
Jordanes quotes an account from Priscus about the Sword of Mars being given to this figure, whose horse Altynzhal (“all-tin-zhahl”) flew to heaven after he declared that he was done fighting in a Central Asian story. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this “scourge of God,” the oft-mythologized leader of the Huns.
ANSWER: Attila the Hun [or Atli or Etzel]
[10h] In the Nibelungenlied, this Burgundian princess marries Etzel, an equivalent of Attila, after her husband Siegfried is murdered.
ANSWER: Kriemhild [or Gudrun]
[10m] Attila the Hun legendarily died from one of these events that occurred during his wedding feast.
ANSWER: nosebleed [or epistaxis; or equivalents like a bloody nose]
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Summary
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