Nibelung
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The term Nibelung or Niflungr is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend. It has an unclear etymology, but is often connected to the root of Ger
The dwarf Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. (Arthur Rackham, 1910)
Nibelungs fountain in Durlach, 1915 by Otto Feist
Nibelungenlied
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The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The Nibelungenlied is b
First page from Manuscript C (c. 1230)
Nibelungenlied Fragment, Berlin, SB, Fragm. 44
Gunther's wedding night (Johann Heinrich Füssli 1807)
"Siegfried's Death" (Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1847)