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Many years later, the sword was unearthed by the conquering Hun, Attila. One day as Attila was inspecting his troops in the countryside near the city of Cologne, Germany, he stepped on a sharp object in the grass, he instructed one of his men to dig it out and they discovered that it was a beautiful sword. Attila inspected it carefully and knew that it was the sword of Tyr. He was very pleased, and he used the sword to win many battles. However, as the prophet had predicted, Attila would die by the sword that had given
him so many victories.
After many years of fighting,
Attila wished to return
to Hungary. He married the
Burgundian princess Ildico, whose father he had slain. Ildico wanted revenge for her father so on their wedding night, she waited for Attila to drink in excess, as usual, and pass out. Once Attila fell like a stone upon the bed, Ildico took his sword from his belt and
struck him with it.
The sword does not reappear in stories until many years later, when it
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