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The Poetic Edda on Buthli

The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note

relationship: of is the offspring of Buthli.

"Brynhild, here disguised by the annotator as "Sigrdrifa," appears simply as a battle-maid and supernatural dispenser of wisdom; there is no trace of the daughter of Buthli and the rival of Guthrun."
relationship: The stanza references a daughter of Buthli.

"25. By the pillars she stood, | and gathered her strength, From the eyes of Brynhild, | Buthli's daughter, Fire there burned, | and venom she breathed, When the wounds she saw | on Sigurth then. "

relationship: Buthli is the father of Oddrun, Atli, and Brynhild

"The hero: Buthli, father of Oddrun, Atli, and Brynhild."
attestation: The poet may have invented the tradition of Buthli planning Oddrun and Gunnar's marriage, or it may derive from a lost version of the legend

"Making Buthli plan the marriage of Oddrun and Gunnar may be a sheer invention of the poet, or may point to an otherwise lost version of the legend."
attestation: Buthli's name appears in connection with watch-towers, replacing a scribal error of Bikki in the manuscript

"Buthli: the manuscript has "Bikki," which has led some editors to transfer this stanza to the Hamthesmol, placing it between stanzas 16 and 17; it seems more likely, however, that "Bikki" was a scribal error for "Buthli.""