Nibelungenlied

Nibelungenlied
   The various stories based on the theft of the treasure of the Nibelungs are so interwoven into Nordic, Teutonic, and Anglo-Saxon myth that it would appear probable that there may have once been an actual treasure, the loot of many campaigns, at one time in the ownership of the Aesir, which brought with it the legacy of murder, treason, and betrayal which accompanied all such hoards before the institution of bankers’ strong-rooms. That the great heroic tragedies of the past should have been linked up with the existence of such a treasure is a legitimate device, but in practice the adventures of Sigurd and Brynhild should be considered separately from the treasure. A comparative table of characters in the various stories is given below: Alberich, Andvari, Brunhild, Brynhild, Fafnir, Gudrun, Gunnar, Gunther, Gutrune, Hagen, Högni, Krimhild, Regin, Siegfried, Sigelinde, Siegmund, Sigmund, Sigurd, Tarnkappe. Details of the stories are given under Beowulf, Thidrek Saga, Ring Cycle, Volsung Cycle.

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  • Nibelungenlied — Ni be*lung en*lied , n. [G. See {Nibelungs}; {Lied}.] A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containing traditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila (called Etzel in the poem) and mythological elements pointing to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nibelungenlied — (Der Nibelunge Not), deutsches Heldengedicht, die Krone der mittelalterlichen volksmäßigen Poesie und die einzige epische Dichtung der Welt, die an Bedeutung den Homerischen Epen einigermaßen vergleichbar ist. Der stoffliche Inhalt des in 39… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nibelungenlied — (Der Nibelunge Nôt), das bedeutendste mittelhochdeutsche Volksepos, erzählt mit Benutzung alter Mythen und histor. Sage in seinem ersten Teile die Werbung Siegfrieds von Niederlanden um Kriemhild, die Schwester des Burgundenkönigs Gunther, seine… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Nibelungenlied — Nibelungenlied, das Lied der, das älteste Erzeugniß deutscher Volkspoesie, reicht, wie man annimmt, zwei Jahrhunderte über Karl d. Gr. hinaus, und bestand, wie alle Uranfänge der Dichtung, wahrscheinlich aus einzelnen Volks und Heldengesängen,… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Nibelungenlied — Nibelungenlied, der Nibelunge Not (Nibelungen, das Volk am Mittelrhein), die größte Dichtung aus der Zeit des sog. Minnesangs, ein Epos, in welches altnordische Mythen (deren Bedeutung den christlichen Germanen verloren gegangen war, daher sie in …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Nibelungenlied — German epic poem of 13c., lit. song of the Nibelungs, a race of dwarves who lived in Norway and owned a hoard of gold and a magic ring, lit. children of the mist, related to O.H.G. nebul mist, darkness, O.E. nifol (see NEBULA (Cf. nebula)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Nibelungenlied — [nē′bə looŋ΄ən lēt΄] n. [Ger, lit., song of the Nibelungs] a Middle High German epic poem by an unknown author, written in the first decade of the 13th cent. and based on Germanic legends: see SIEGFRIED …   English World dictionary

  • Nibelungenlied — Erste Seite der Handschrift C des Nibelungenlieds (um 1220–1250) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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… …   Wikipedia

  • Nibelungenlied — Ni|be|lụn|gen|lied 〈n. 12; unz.; Lit.〉 mhd., strophisches Heldenepos von unbekanntem Verfasser aus dem 13. Jh. * * * Nibelungenlied,   mittelhochdeutsches Heldenepos eines namentlich nicht bekannten Dichters um 1200 im Donaugebiet (Passau?), das… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Nibelungenlied — (ca. 1200)    Although we know of several heroic epics that were composed in Middle High German before 1200, the anonymous Nibelungenlied is the most famous representative of this genre, sharing many of its monumental, tragic elements with epics… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

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