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CHAPTER 34: Atli Bids <strong>the</strong> Gjukings to him<br />
1. Atli has bad dreams which Gudrun interprets<br />
2. Atli begins to plot how he might gain Sigurd’s gold<br />
3. Atli sends Vingi to summon <strong>the</strong> Gjukings to a feast<br />
4. Gudrun sends a warning message to her bro<strong>the</strong>rs via runes and a ring<br />
5. Vingi alters <strong>the</strong> meaning of <strong>the</strong> rune message<br />
6. Vingi delivers <strong>the</strong> messages<br />
7. Gunnar agrees to go, but Hogni is loth to follow<br />
CHAPTER 35: The Dreams of <strong>the</strong> Wives of <strong>the</strong> Gjukings<br />
1. Kostbera reads <strong>the</strong> runes aright before retiring for <strong>the</strong> night<br />
2. Kostbera warns Hogni not to go, telling him of her dreams, and of <strong>the</strong> runes<br />
3. Hogni scoffs at her ill foreboding, interpreting <strong>the</strong> dreams as benign<br />
CHAPTER 36: Of <strong>the</strong> Journey of <strong>the</strong> Gjukings to King Atli<br />
1. Glaumvor also tells Gunnar of her foreboding dreams<br />
2. Gunnar responds as Hogni had<br />
3. The Gjukings set out for Atli’s hall, faring first by ship and <strong>the</strong>n by horse<br />
4. They find <strong>the</strong> castle well-armed and shut up tight<br />
5. Hogni breaks <strong>the</strong> gates and <strong>the</strong>y enter <strong>the</strong> hall<br />
6. Vingi accuses <strong>the</strong>m of deceit and so <strong>the</strong>y strike him down with axe-hammers<br />
CHAPTER 37: The Battle in <strong>the</strong> Burg of King Atli<br />
1. The Gjukings ride up to <strong>the</strong> hall, where Atli’s army is arrayed for battle<br />
2. Atli demands <strong>the</strong> gold hoard which is rightly Gudrun’s<br />
3. Gudrun, hearing sounds of battle, rushes to her bro<strong>the</strong>rs aid, fighting by <strong>the</strong>ir side<br />
4. Atli laments his ill fortunes as <strong>the</strong> battle goes against him<br />
5. Hogni mocks his babbling<br />
CHAPTER 38: Of <strong>the</strong> Slaying of <strong>the</strong> Gjukings<br />
1. Atli’s forces are pressed back into <strong>the</strong> hall, where <strong>the</strong> fight continues<br />
2. All but Gunnar and Hogni slain; <strong>the</strong>y are overwhelmed and captured<br />
3. Atli is so incensed he calls for Hogni’s heart to be cut out<br />
4. Atli’s counselor calls for Hjalli’s heart instead, but Hogni intercedes on his behalf<br />
5. Alti demans <strong>the</strong> gold, but Gunnar demands to see Hogni’s heart first<br />
6. Hjalli’s heart cut out instead, but Gunnar knows it is not Hogni’s by its trembling<br />
7. Hogni laughs as his heart is cut out<br />
8. Gunnar refuses to disclose <strong>the</strong> gold’s location, now that he alone knows it<br />
9. Gunnar cast into a snake-pit.<br />
10. Gudrun sends him a harp, by which he charms <strong>the</strong> snakes to sleep<br />
11. One great adder remains awake and stings him in <strong>the</strong> heart, so that he dies
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