Characters

1. Ermanaric.

2. A Chief of the Roxolani tribe who was a traitor.

3. Sanielh (= Swanhild) wife of the chief.

4. Sarus, }

5. Ammius, } brothers of Sanielh.

Ermanaric puts Sanielh to death by causing her to be torn to pieces

by wild horses, because of the treachery of her husband, the chief

of the Roxolani. Her brothers, Ammius and Sarus, avenge her death

by attacking Ermanaric, but they only succeed in wounding him and

disabling him for the rest of his life.

In the Edda the story is as follows.

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