num_pages: 240
description: Prose translation of epic tale, best known to modern audiences as source for Wagner's Ring cycle, recounts the life and death of Sifrid (Siegfried), the dragon-slaying superman who can only be undone through betrayal. In the 2nd half, his noble queen Kriemhilde extracts vengeance, destroying not only thousands of her countrymen but all of her kinsmen as well.
language: English
title: The Nibelungenlied
titlecomplete: The Nibelungenlied (Dover Thrift Editions: Literary Collections)
characters: Gunther, Rumolt, Giselher, Rudiger, Ute, Sieglind, Hagen von Tronje, Volker, Siegmund, Dankrat, Kriemhild, Brunhilda (German mythology), Etzel, Ortwein, Gernot, Siegfried, Sindold, Hunold, Kriemhilda
genres: Literature, German Literature, Classics, Mythology, Germany, Medieval, Fiction, Poetry, Epic, Fantasy
ratings_count: 7739
places: Esztergom, Worms
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Национална награда „Христо Г. Данов“
category: Преводна художествена литература, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Prêmio Jabuti
category: Ilustração
publisher: Dover Publications