num_pages: 446
description: Written around the year 1200 by an unknown Middle High German poet, probably an Austrian knight-cleric, The Song of the Nibelungs is composed of thirty-nine adventures and is divided into two major parts. Two great complexes of epic action are joined together: the life and death of Sigfrid, his glory, fault, and betrayal, and the massive destruction of those who betrayed him, engineered by Kriemhild, Sigfrid's wife.The translator has reproduced the principal characteristics of style and language, in a verse form approximating that of the original. This modern translation, with its naturalness of language, will appeal to the general reader and scholar alike.
language: English
title: Song of the Nibelungs: A Verse Translation from the Middle High German Nibelungenlied
titlecomplete: Song of the Nibelungs: A Verse Translation from the Middle High German Nibelungenlied
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: Wayne State University Press