Gibicho and Grimhild are the royal parents of the Burgundian dynasty, whose children — the kings Gunther, Gernot, and Giselher, and the princess Kriemhild — are swept into the tragedy of the Nibelung treasure and Sigurd's murder.
⚠ In the Nibelungenlied, the parents are Dancrat and Uote, and there is no Guttorm. This group follows the Völsunga saga/Thidrekssaga composite tradition (Gjúki/Gibicho and Grimhild).
Grimhild brewed a potion that erased Sigurd's memory of Brunhild and his betrothal vow, then married her daughter Kriemhild to the bewitched hero and had him use shape-changing magic to win Brunhild for her son Gunther — a chain of deceptions that destroyed them all.
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