About this book
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.
Chapters
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- 1Preface2:52 · read by April Gonzales
- 2Adventure I6:00 · read by Availle
- 3Of Siegfried6:56 · read by Elizabeth Klett
- 4How Siegfried Came To Worms24:27 · read by asterix
- 5How He Fought with the Saxons28:48 · read by Mike Pelton
- 6How Siegfried First Saw Kriemhild14:52 · read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet
- 7How Gunther Fared to Isenland for Brunhild15:46 · read by Mike Pelton
- 8How Gunther Won Brunhild27:24 · read by L D Hamilton
- 9How Siegfried Fared To His Men-At-Arms11:35 · read by Tamara R. Schwartz
- 10How Siegfried Was Sent To Worms12:48 · read by asterix
- 11How Brunhild Was Received At Worms33:45 · read by L D Hamilton
- 12How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife.9:48 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 13How Gunther Bade Siegfried To The Feasting.17:01 · read by L D Hamilton
- 14How They Journeyed To The Feasting.11:13 · read by Martin Geeson
- 15How The Queens Reviled Each Other.19:36 · read by L D Hamilton
- 16How Siegfried Was Betrayed.12:11 · read by Martin Geeson
- 17How Siegfried Was Slain.19:48 · read by Katherine
- 18How Kriemhild Mourned Her Husband And - How He Was Buried.16:35 · read by Katherine
- 19How Siegmund Journeyed Home Again.8:55 · read by Martin Geeson
- 20How The Nibelung Hoard Was Brought to Worms.10:17 · read by asterix
- 21How King Etzel Sent To Burgundy For Kriemhild.34:50 · read by asterix
- 22How Kriemhild Journeyed To The Huns.11:41 · read by Availle
- 23How Etzel Made Kriemhild His Bride.12:48 · read by Availle
- 24How Kriemhild Thought To Avenge Her Wrongs.8:39 · read by Imke Grassl
- 25How Werbel And Swemmel Brought The Message.20:37 · read by asterix
- 26How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns.20:01 · read by asterix
- 27How Gelfrat Was Slain By Dankwart.16:41 · read by asterix
- 28How They Came To Bechelaren.17:10 · read by asterix
- 29How The Burgundians Came To Etzel's Castle.10:14 · read by asterix
- 30How Hagen Would Not Rise For Kriemhild.15:12 · read by Availle
- 31How They Kept The Watch.8:09 · read by Alan Mapstone
- 32How They Went To Church.17:40 · read by asterix
- 33How Bloedel Was Slain.8:14 · read by asterix
- 34How The Burgundians Fought The Huns.14:31 · read by asterix
- 35How They Cast Out The Dead.6:19 · read by Martin Geeson
- 36How Iring Was Slain.13:25 · read by asterix
- 37How The Queen Gave Orders To Burn the Hall.14:54 · read by Availle
- 38How Margrave Rudeger Was Slain.25:05 · read by asterix
- 39How All Sir Dietrich's Warriors Were Slain.22:33 · read by Availle
- 40How Gunther And Hagen And Kriemhild Were Slain.18:56 · read by L D Hamilton
