The Nibelungenlied

The Nibelungenlied, composed in Middle High German around 1200 by an unknown poet, is a monumental courtly epic shaped from older Germanic heroic traditions. Its narrative follows Siegfried's extraordinary exploits, his marriage to Kriemhild, the treacherous murder that transforms her into an instrument of vengeance, and the catastrophic destruction of the Burgundian court. Combining legendary mat...