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The Nibelungenlied
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The Nibelungenlied is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, how he was murdered, and of his wife Kriemhild's revenge.
The Nibelungenlied is based on pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs (the "Nibelungensaga"), which include oral traditions and reports based on historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries. Old Norse parallels of the legend survive in the Völsunga saga, the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda, the Legend of Norna-Gest, and the Þiðrekssaga.
The Nibelungenlied is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, how he was murdered, and of his wife Kriemhild's revenge.
The Nibelungenlied is based on pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs (the "Nibelungensaga"), which include oral traditions and reports based on historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries. Old Norse parallels of the legend survive in the Völsunga saga, the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda, the Legend of Norna-Gest, and the Þiðrekssaga.
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They hid, lest sight so sorry should make the women weep.
Many a good knight o'erwearied home was glad to creep.
CXVI
The guests from good King Gunther all noble treatment found.
With friends as well as strangers his country swarm'd around.
He bade for the sore wounded all needful aid be sought.
Where was their haughty courage? how low it now was brought!
CXVII
Whoe'er had skill in leechcraft was offer'd coin untold,
Silver without measure as well as glittering gold,
To cure the fainting champions by wounds of war oppress'd.
The bounteous monarch sent, too, rich gifts to every guest.
CXVIII
Those who, of feasting weary, homeward sought to wend,
Were press'd to tarry longer, as friend will deal with friend.
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Community Reviews
Siegfried is murdered.
Oops, did I spoil the whole story for you? Well, too bad, because the poet himself spoils it within the first three pages.
I'm all for classics, what with being a major in English literature and all. I mean, what else am I going to do with my degree than work a job totally unrel
Warriors! Honor! Love! Blood! Gold! Let's face it: I can't read the original, as I don't understand Middle High German, so the High German translation it is. This epos holds major power until today, as it was (ab-)used in various contexts throughout history to frame political and cultural events: Wh
Because we all need some kick-ass medieval literature in our lives.
The Nibelungs, in case you were wondering, are the royal house of the Burgundians – and the Burgundians, whose name lives on in the Burgundy region of east-central France that produces some of the world’s finest wine, were a Germanic tribe that migrated to the Rhine River region around the city of W
How bad*** do you want your epics to be?
Do you want someone to hit someone else so hard that the plains shake and gouts of red fire shoot from the impact? How about someone throwing a boulder 20 fathoms and then leaping just as far?
And, if you don’t, what’s wrong with you?
This book/epic/lay is amazi