Budli
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Budli is the name of one or two legendary kings from the Scandinavian Legendary sagas.
[edit] Ásmundar saga kappabana
According to the Ásmundar saga kappabana, he was a Swedish king, and the father of Hildr. The saga relates that Hildebrand, the king of the Huns had a son named Helgi, who was married to Hildr. Helgi and Hildr had a son who was raised by his grand-father and named Hildebrand after him.
Hildebrand became a great warrior and was called the Hunnish champion. When his father Helgi had fallen in a war, his maternal grand-father, the Swedish king Budli, was killed by a Danish king by the name Alf. This Alf took Hildrebrand's mother Hild captive and gave her to the champion Aki with whom she had the son Asmund.
[edit] Völsunga saga
In the Völsunga saga, Budli was the father of Brynhildr (Brünnehilde).
