Scandinavian tradition
He is mentioned as Gjúki in the Eddic poem Atlakviða and also, among further 14 poems,[4] as Gjúci in the Atlamál, where he was the father of Gunnar (see Gunther). Gjúki's sister Gjaflaug is mentioned in the Guðrúnarkviða I.
In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson says that Gjúki was the father of sons Gunnar and Hogni and a daughter Gudrun. Gotthorm (slayer of Sigurd) is his stepson from his wife Grimhild's previous marriage.
The Prose Edda mentions Gudny, a second daughter of Gjúki and Grimhild. In the Gudrunarkviða, this second daughter is named Gullrond.
Continental and Anglo-Saxon tradition
In the Anglo-Saxon poem Widsith (8th century), Gibica (Gifica) is mentioned as the ruler of the Burgundians. In Waltharius (9th century), Gibica appears as Gibicho, the king of Francia with a capital at Worms, who sends his son Gunther (Guntharius) as a hostage to Attila; when he dies, Gunther returns to Worms as the new Frankish king.
In the Rosengarten zu Worms (c. 1250), Gibeche (Gippich) is the father of Kriemhild and the other Burgundians; he fights in the combats at Worms and is defeated by Hildebrand, in some versions becoming a vassal to Dietrich von Bern. He also features as the father of the Burgundian kings in the Lied vom Hürnen Seyfrid (c. 1300), and the Heldenbuch-Prosa (c. 1400).
The Nibelungenlied (c. 1200) does not use the name "Gibeche" for the character, nor do the Nibelungenklage or Biterolf und Dietleib (c. 1250): these sources call the king Dancrat.[a] The Old Norse Þiðreks saga, based on German sources, names him either Aldrian or Irungr, depending on the recension, although Gunnarr (Gunther) and his brothers are still sometimes referred to as Giucungar (sons of Gjúki/Gibeche).
