Gudrun or Kriemhild is the wife of Sigurd/Siegfried and a major figure in Germanic heroic legend and literature. She is believed to have her origins in Ildico, last wife of Attila the Hun, and two que
Kriemhild discovers Siegfried's corpse. Painting by Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1817.
Kriemhild accuses Hagen of murdering Siegfried. Painting by Emil Lauffer, 1879.
Kriemhild and Gunther, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1807.
Kriemhild's Death, Karl Schmoll von Eisenwerth, 1911.
In Nordic tradition, Sigurd or Sigvard, in German tradition, Siegfried, is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon — known in Nordic tradition as Fafnir — and who was later mur
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…Gudrun ( GUUD-roon; Old Norse: Guðrún) or Kriemhild ( KREEM-hilt; Middle High German: Kriemhilt) is the wife of Sigurd/Siegfried and a major figure in Germanic heroic legend and literature. She is believed to have her origins in Ildico, last wife of Attila the Hun, and two queens…
The death of Siegfried. Hagen stands to the right of Siegfried with a bow. From the Hundeshagenscher Kodex.
"Sigurd proofs the sword Gram" (1901) by Johannes Gehrts.
Siegfried's Departure from Kriemhild, by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, c. 1843
Siegfried and the dragon - From the painting by Delitz, found in The Victrola book of the opera, 1910.