num_pages: 404
description: Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity, transforming centuries-old legend into a masterpiece of chivalric drama. Siegfried, a great prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild of Burgundy, by aiding her brother Gunther in his struggle to seduce a powerful Icelandic Queen. But the two women quarrel, and Siegfried is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts the most. Comparable in scope to the Iliad, this skilfully crafted work combines the fragments of half-forgotten myths to create one of the greatest epic poems - the principal version of the heroic legends used by Richard Wagner, in The Ring.
language: English
title: The Nibelungenlied
titlecomplete: The Nibelungenlied
characters: Rumolt, Rudiger, Sieglind, Kriemhild, Kriemhilda, Ortwein, Hunold, Volker, Brunhilda (German mythology), Ute, Siegmund, Sindold, Gunther, Dankrat, Gernot, Siegfried, Hagen von Tronje, Giselher, Etzel
genres: Germany, Mythology, Medieval, Poetry, Literature, German Literature, Classics, Fantasy, Epic, Fiction
ratings_count: 7738
places: Worms, Esztergom
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Национална награда „Христо Г. Данов“
category: Преводна художествена литература, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Prêmio Jabuti
category: Ilustração
publisher: Penguin Classics