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Nibelungenlied

The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, 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 present translator has endeavored to translate literally and accurately, and to reproduce the spirit of the original, as far as a prose translation will permit. To this end the language has been made as simple and as Saxon in character as possible. An exception has been made, however, in the case of such Romance words as were in use in England during the age of the romances of chivalry, and which would help to land a Romance coloring; these have been frequently employed. Very few obsolete words have been used, and these are explained in the notes, but the language has been made to some extent archaic, especially in dialogue, in order to give the impression of age.

Year of Publication: 1909Genres: Sagas , Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Running Time: 10 hours 28 minutes 16 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface April Gonzales	2:52
2	Adventure I Availle	6:00
3	Of Siegfried Elizabeth Klett	6:56
4	How Siegfried Came To Worms asterix	24:27
5	How He Fought with the Saxons Mike Pelton	28:48
6	How Siegfried First Saw Kriemhild Nadine Eckert-Boulet	14:52
7	How Gunther Fared to Isenland for Brunhild Mike Pelton	15:46
8	How Gunther Won Brunhild L D Hamilton	27:24
9	How Siegfried Fared To His Men-At-Arms Tamara R. Schwartz	11:35
10	How Siegfried Was Sent To Worms asterix	12:48
11	How Brunhild Was Received At Worms L D Hamilton	33:45
12	How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife. Alan Mapstone	9:48
13	How Gunther Bade Siegfried To The Feasting. L D Hamilton	17:01
14	How They Journeyed To The Feasting. Martin Geeson	11:13
15	How The Queens Reviled Each Other. L D Hamilton	19:36
16	How Siegfried Was Betrayed. Martin Geeson	12:11
17	How Siegfried Was Slain. Katherine	19:48
18	How Kriemhild Mourned Her Husband And - How He Was Buried. Katherine	16:35
19	How Siegmund Journeyed Home Again. Martin Geeson	8:55
20	How The Nibelung Hoard Was Brought to Worms. asterix	10:17
21	How King Etzel Sent To Burgundy For Kriemhild. asterix	34:50
22	How Kriemhild Journeyed To The Huns. Availle	11:41
23	How Etzel Made Kriemhild His Bride. Availle	12:48
24	How Kriemhild Thought To Avenge Her Wrongs. Imke Grassl	8:39
25	How Werbel And Swemmel Brought The Message. asterix	20:37
26	How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns. asterix	20:01
27	How Gelfrat Was Slain By Dankwart. asterix	16:41
28	How They Came To Bechelaren. asterix	17:10
29	How The Burgundians Came To Etzel's Castle. asterix	10:14
30	How Hagen Would Not Rise For Kriemhild. Availle	15:12
31	How They Kept The Watch. Alan Mapstone	8:09
32	How They Went To Church. asterix	17:40
33	How Bloedel Was Slain. asterix	8:14
34	How The Burgundians Fought The Huns. asterix	14:31
35	How They Cast Out The Dead. Martin Geeson	6:19
36	How Iring Was Slain. asterix	13:25
37	How The Queen Gave Orders To Burn the Hall. Availle	14:54
38	How Margrave Rudeger Was Slain. asterix	25:05
39	How All Sir Dietrich's Warriors Were Slain. Availle	22:33
40	How Gunther And Hagen And Kriemhild Were Slain. L D Hamilton	18:56