The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The Nibelungenlied is based on an oral tradition that has some of its origin in historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries. The poem is split into two parts: in the first part, Siegfried comes to Worms to acquire the hand of the Burgundian princess Kriemhild from her brother King Gunther. Gunther agrees to let Siegfried marry Kriemhild if Siegfried helps Gunther acquire the warrior-queen Brünhild as his wife. Siegfried does this and marries Kriemhild; however Brünhild and Kriemhild become rivals, leading eventually to Siegfried's murder by the Burgundian vassal Hagen with Gunther's involvement. In the second part, the widow Kriemhild is married to Etzel, king of the Huns. She later invites her brother and his court to visit Etzel's kingdom intending to kill Hagen. Her revenge results in the death of all the Burgundians who came to Etzel's court as well as the destruction of Etzel's kingdom and the death of Kriemhild herself. The Nibelungenlied was the first heroic epic put into writing in Germany, helping to found a larger genre of written heroic poetry.
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Anonymous. The Song of the Nibelungs (Medieval Literature Classic)
The Song of the Nibelungs (Medieval Literature Classic)
Table of Contents
PREFACE
THE NIBELUNGENLIED
I. The Nibelungen Saga
1. Origin of the Saga
2. The Northern Form of the Saga
3. The Saga as preserved in the Nibelungenlied
4. Mythical Element and Historical Element
II. The Nibelungenlied
1. The Manuscripts
2. Stages in the Evolution of the Poem
3. Character of the Poem
4. Later Forms of the Saga
5. Poem and Saga in Modern Literature
6. Modern German Translations
7. English Translations9
8. Editions Of The Nibelungenlied
THE NIBELUNGENLIED
FIRST ADVENTURE
SECOND ADVENTURE
THIRD ADVENTURE
FOURTH ADVENTURE
FIFTH ADVENTURE
SIXTH ADVENTURE
SEVENTHADVENTURE
EIGHTH ADVENTURE
NINTH ADVENTURE
TENTH ADVENTURE
ELEVENTH ADVENTURE
TWELFTH ADVENTURE
THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE
FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE
FIFTEENTH ADVENTURE
SIXTEENTH ADVENTURE
SEVENTEENTH ADVENTURE
EIGHTEENTH ADVENTURE
NINETEENTH ADVENTURE
TWENTIETH ADVENTURE
TWENTY-FIRST ADVENTURE
TWENTY-SECOND ADVENTURE
TWENTY-THIRD ADVENTURE
TWENTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE
TWENTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE
TWENTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE
TWENTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE
TWENTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE
TWENTY-NINTH ADVENTURE
THIRTIETH ADVENTURE
THIRTY-FIRST ADVENTURE
THIRTY-SECOND ADVENTURE
THIRTY-THIRD ADVENTURE
THIRTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE
THIRTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE
THIRTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE
THIRTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE
THIRTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE
THIRTY-NINTH ADVENTURE
FOOTNOTES
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Anonymous
Epic Poem, Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
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"Thyself have I heard also / high praised for knightly worth;
'Tis said a nobler monarch / ne'er lived in all the earth.
