The Nibelungenlied
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- INTRODUCTION
- A NOTE TO THE TRANSLATION
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Table of Contents
- AVENTIURE 1
- AVENTIURE 2 - CONCERNING SIFRID
- AVENTIURE 3 - SIFRID COMES TO WORMS
- AVENTIURE 4 - HE FIGHTS THE SAXONS
- AVENTIURE 5 - SIFRID SEES KRIEMHILDE FOR THE FIRST TIME
- AVENTIURE 6 - GUNTHER GOES TO ICELAND IN SEARCH OF BRÜNNHILDE
- AVENTIURE 7 - GUNTHER WINS BRÜNNHILDE
- AVENTIURE 8 - SIFRID FETCHES HIS MEN
- AVENTIURE 9 - SIFRID IS SENT AHEAD TO WORMS
- AVENTIURE 10 - BRÜNNHILDE IS RECEIVED AT WORMS
- AVENTIURE 11 - SIFRID GOES HOME WITH HIS WIFE
- AVENTIURE 12 - GUNTHER INVITES SIFRID TO THE FEAST
- AVENTIURE 13 - SIFRID BRINGS HIS WIFE TO THE FEAST
- AVENTIURE 14 - THE QUEENS ABUSE EACH OTHER
- AVENTIURE 15 - SIFRID IS BETRAYED
- AVENTIURE 16 - SIFRID IS KILLED
- AVENTIURE 17 - SIFRID IS MOURNED AND BURIED
- AVENTIURE 18 - SIGEMUND GOES HOME
- AVENTIURE 19 - THE TREASURE OF THE NIBELUNGS IS BROUGHT TO WORMS
- AVENTIURE 20 - KING ETZEL SENDS AN ENVOY TO KRIEMHILDE IN BURGUNDY
- AVENTIURE 21 - KRIEMHILDE GOES TO THE HUNS
- AVENTIURE 22 - KRIEMHILDE IS RECEIVED BY ETZEL
- AVENTIURE 23 - KRIEMHILDE SUCCEEDS IN BRINGING HER BROTHERS TO THE FEAST
- AVENTIURE 24 - WÄRBEL AND SWEMMELIN SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER THEIR LORD’S MESSAGE
- AVENTIURE 25 - THE NIBELUNGS GO TO THE HUNS
- AVENTIURE 26 - GELPFRAT IS KILLED BY DANKWART
- AVENTIURE 27 - THEY COME TO BECHELAREN
- AVENTIURE 28 - THE BURGUNDIANS ARRIVE AMONGST THE HUNS
- AVENTIURE 29 - KRIEMHILDE ACCUSES HAGEN, AND HE REFUSES TO STAND FOR HER
- AVENTIURE 30 - HAGEN AND VOLKER STAND GUARD
- AVENTIURE 31 - THEY GO TO CHURCH
- AVENTIURE 32 - DANKWART KILLS BLOEDELIN
- AVENTIURE 33 - THE BURGUNDIANS FIGHT WITH THE HUNS
- AVENTIURE 34 - THEY THROW THE DEAD OUT OF THE HALL
- AVENTIURE 35 - IRING IS KILLED
- AVENTIURE 36 - THE QUEEN SETS FIRE TO THE HALL
- AVENTIURE 37 - RÜDEGER IS KILLED
- AVENTIURE 38 - ALL LORD DIETRICH’S MEN ARE KILLED
- AVENTIURE 39 - LORD DIETRICH FIGHTS WITH GUNTHER AND HAGEN
- NOTES
- CATALOG OF DOVER BOOKS
An epic tale of heroism and treachery, romance and revenge, The Nibelungenlied — perhaps best known as the source for Wagner's Ring cycle — has entertained readers for centuries. This prose translation of the ancient poem offers a gripping account of the downfall of a royal house, the Burgundians, of Nibelungen. Written by an unknown poet at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, this saga draws on legends from Scandinavian and German literature. The first half recounts the life and death of Sifrid (Siegfried), the dragon-slaying superman who possesses a magic treasure and whose matchless bravery and strength can only be undone through betrayal. In the second half, Sifrid's noble queen Kriemhilde carries out a year-long quest for vengeance, destroying not only thousands of her countrymen but all of her kinsmen as well. This fine translation will appeal to all lovers of epics and tales in the chivalric tradition, as well as to students of Germanic and Scandinavian literature.