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23. Retell, how the sword was found again by Attila, and how the prophecy behind it affected him in the end.
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.
24. When the sword of Tyr found itself in the hands of the Duke of Alva, who did he proclaim it belonged to? Why?
He said it was the sword of the Archangel St. Michael because he knew his people would not believe or would not worship the sword of Tyr, for they were Christians.
The Aesir 93 Norse Mithology