Bekkhild
Sister of Brynhild who stayed home learning handicraft while Brynhild went to war.
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Bekkhild is a figure in the Volsunga Saga, known primarily through a comparison with her sister Brynhild. Where Brynhild "fared with helm and byrny unto the wars," Bekkhild "had bidden at home, and learned handicraft" (Volsunga Saga, Chapter XXIII). The contrast between the two sisters is the defining fact of Bekkhild's identity in the source record: she is the domestic counterpart to the warrior maiden.
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