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Read Ebook: The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Carpenter William H William Henry Author Of Introduction Etc Lettsom William Nanson Translator
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FIRST ADVENTURE: PAGE Kriemhild's Dream 1
SECOND ADVENTURE: Of Siegfried 4
THIRD ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Went to Worms 8
FOURTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Fought with the Saxons 23
FIFTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried First Saw Kriemhild 44
SEVENTH ADVENTURE: How Gunther Won Brunhild 64
EIGHTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Came to the Nibelungers 78
NINTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried was Sent to Worms 86
TENTH ADVENTURE: How Brunhild was Received at Worms 94
ELEVENTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried Brought his Wife Home 111
TWELFTH ADVENTURE: How Gunther Invited Siegfried to the Festival 117
THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE: How They Went to the Festival 126
FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE: How the Two Queens Reviled One Another 131
SEVENTEENTH ADVENTURE: How Siegfried was Bewailed and Buried 161
EIGHTEENTH ADVENTURE: How Siegmund Returned Home 173
NINETEENTH ADVENTURE: How the Treasure of the Nibelungers was Brought to Worms 177
TWENTIETH ADVENTURE: How King Etzel Proposed for Kriemhild 185
TWENTY-FIRST ADVENTURE: How Kriemhild Departed 207
TWENTY-SECOND ADVENTURE: How the Huns Received Kriemhild 215
TWENTY-THIRD ADVENTURE: How Kriemhild Thought of Revenging her Injuries 222
TWENTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE: How Werbel and Swemmeline Delivered the Message 228
TWENTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE: How the Lords all Came into Hungary 241
TWENTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE: Rudeger's Hospitality 264
TWENTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE: How Kriemhild Received Hagan 275
TWENTY-NINTH ADVENTURE: How Hagan Refused to Rise to Kriemhild 281
THIRTIETH ADVENTURE: How the Knights Kept Watch 291
THIRTY-FIRST ADVENTURE: How the Knights Went to Church 296
THIRTY-SECOND ADVENTURE: How Bloedel was Slain 309
THIRTY-THIRD ADVENTURE: How the Burgundians Fought with the Huns 314
THIRTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE: How They Threw Down the Dead 323
THIRTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE: How Iring was Slain 327
THIRTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE: How Margrave Rudeger was Slain 344
THIRTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE: How Sir Dietrich's Men were all Slain 360
THIRTY-NINTH ADVENTURE: How Gunther and Hagan and Kriemhild were Slain 374
NOTES 383
THE NIBELUNGENLIED
FIRST ADVENTURE
KRIEMHILD'S DREAM
In stories of our fathers high marvels we are told Of champions well approved in perils manifold. Of feasts and merry meetings, of weeping and of wail, And deeds of gallant daring I'll tell you in my tale.
In Burgundy there flourish'd a maid so fair to see, That in all the world together a fairer could not be. This maiden's name was Kriemhild; through her in dismal strife Full many a prowest warrior thereafter lost his life.
Many a fearless champion, as such well became, Woo'd the lovely lady; she from none had blame. Matchless was her person, matchless was her mind. This one maiden's virtue grac'd all womankind.
Three puissant Kings her guarded with all the care they might, Gunther and eke Gernot, each a redoubted knight, And Giselher the youthful, a chosen champion he; This lady was their sister, well lov'd of all the three.
They were high of lineage, thereto mild of mood, But in field and foray champions fierce and rude. They rul'd a mighty kingdom, Burgundy by name; They wrought in Etzel's country deeds of deathless fame.
At Worms was their proud dwelling, the fair Rhine flowing by, There had they suit and service from haughtiest chivalry, For broad lands and lordships, and glorious was their state, Till wretchedly they perish'd by two noble ladies' hate.
Dame Uta was their mother, a queen both rich and sage; Their father hight Dancrat, who the fair heritage Left to his noble children when he his course had run; He too by deeds of knighthood in youth had worship won.
Each of these three princes, as you have heard me say, Were men of mighty puissance. They had beneath their sway The noblest knights for liegemen that ever dwelt on ground; For hardihood and prowess were none so high renown'd.
There was Hagan of Trony of a noble line, His brother nimble Dankwart, and the knight of Metz, Ortwine, Eckewart and Gary, the margraves stout in fight, Folker of Alzeia, full of manly might.
Rumolt the steward , Sindolt, and Hunolt; these serv'd the brethren three, At their court discharging their several duties well; Besides, knights had they many whom now I cannot tell.
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