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Jonakr (also spelled Ionakr), in Norse mythology, a king of Denmark, and
in some versions of the saga of the Volsungs, the third husband of the beautiful
Gudrun (Guthrun) of the Nibelungs. Gudrun had been the wife of the Volsung
hero Sigurd (Sigurth), whom she had loved deeply. After Sigurd had been
treacherously murdered, Gudrun married the avaricious King Atli (Attila)
of the Huns. Gudrun took vengeance on Sigurd's murderers and on Atli, and
set fire to Atli's great hall. According to the 'Prose (or Younger) Edda',
she then leapt into the sea to drown herself but drifted across the fjord
and washed up alive on the shore of Denmark, ruled by King Jonakr.
Jonakr took Gudrun in and married her. Gudrun had a daughter by Sigurd named
Swanhild (Svanhild), and Gudrun also had three sons by Jonakr, named Sorli,
Hamdir, and Erp. These sons had hair as black as a raven. They all were killed
in an attempt to avenge their lovely stepsister Swanhild, who died at the
hands of her betrothed, the jealous King Jormunrek.
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