The Nibelungenlied: The Lay of the Nibelungs (Oxford World's Classics)

Contents......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Note on the Text and Translation......Page 31
Select Bibliography......Page 33
Chronology......Page 36
THE NIBELUNGENLIED......Page 38
1st Adventure. Of Kriemhilt......Page 42
2nd Adventure. Of Sivrit......Page 43
3rd Adventure. How Sivrit came to Worms......Page 46
4th Adventure. How Sivrit fought against the Saxons......Page 54
5th Adventure. How Sivrit beheld Kriemhilt for the very first time......Page 65
6th Adventure. How Gunther went to Iceland to woo Prünhilt......Page 71
7th Adventure. How Gunther won Prünhilt......Page 76
8th Adventure. How Sivrit fetched his men......Page 84
9th Adventure. How Sivrit was sent to Worms......Page 89
10th Adventure. How Prünhilt was welcomed in Worms......Page 93
11th Adventure. How Sivrit returned to his homeland with his wife......Page 103
12th Adventure. How Gunther invited Sivrit to the festivity......Page 106
13th Adventure. How Sivrit went with his wife to the festivity......Page 111
14th Adventure. How the queens scolded one another......Page 114
15th Adventure. How Sivrit was betrayed......Page 120
16th Adventure. How Sivrit was slain......Page 124
17th Adventure. How Sivrit was mourned over and buried......Page 131
18th Adventure. How Sigmunt returned to his homeland......Page 137
19th Adventure. How the hoard of the Nibelungs was brought to Worms......Page 140
20th Adventure. How King Etzel sent to Burgundy for Kriemhilt......Page 143
21st Adventure. How Kriemhilt travelled to the Huns......Page 156
22nd Adventure. How Kriemhilt was welcomed by Etzel......Page 160
23rd Adventure. How Kriemhilt saw to it that her brothers came to the festivity......Page 165
24th Adventure. How Wärbel and Swemmel carried out their lord’s embassy......Page 168
25th Adventure. How the Nibelungs travelled to the Huns......Page 175
26th Adventure. How Gelpfrat was slain by Dancwart......Page 182
27th Adventure. How they arrived in Pöchlarn......Page 188
28th Adventure. How the Burgundians arrived among the Huns......Page 194
29th Adventure. How Kriemhilt rebuked Hagen and how he did not stand up to greet her......Page 197
30th Adventure. How Hagen and Volker kept watch......Page 202
31st Adventure. How they went to church......Page 205
32nd Adventure. How Dancwart slew Blœdelin......Page 211
33rd Adventure. How the Burgundians fought against the Huns......Page 214
34th Adventure. How they threw the dead out of the hall......Page 219
35th Adventure. How Irinc was slain......Page 221
36th Adventure. How the queen ordered that the hall be burned down......Page 225
37th Adventure. How Rüedeger was slain......Page 230
38th Adventure. How Lord Dietrich’s warriors were all slain......Page 239
39th Adventure. How Sir Dietrich fought with Gunther and with Hagen......Page 246
Appendix I: History and Legend......Page 252
Appendix II: The Nordic Sources and the Problem of Genesis......Page 255
Appendix III: The Metre of the Nibelungenlied......Page 260
Explanatory Notes......Page 264
B......Page 277
H......Page 278
O......Page 279
T......Page 280
Z......Page 281
A map of the Nibelungenlied......Page 282