The Nibelungen Tradition: An EncyclopediaWinder McConnell, Werner Wunderlich, Frank Gentry, Ulrich Mueller Within the English-speaking world, no work of the German High Middle Ages is better known than the Nibelungenlied, which has stirred the imagination of artists and readers far beyond its land of origin. Its international influence extends from literature to music, art, film, politics and propaganda, psychology, archeology, and military history.Now |
Contents
Part I Primary Works | 1 |
Part II Personal and Place Names | 49 |
Part III Themes Motifs Objects and Key Words | 141 |
Part IV Manuscript Collections and LiteraryHistorical Analogues | 181 |
Part V Scholarship | 191 |
Part VI The Literary Reception of the Nibelungen Theme in Germany Austria and Switzerland | 229 |
Part VII The Literary Reception of the Nibelungen Theme in NonGermanSpeaking Countries | 267 |
Part VIII Music and Composers | 277 |
Part IX Art Artists Film Filmmakers Sculpture and Sculptors | 285 |
Historians Clerics Politics the Military Propaganda Psychology Education Icongraphy and Geography | 305 |
Translations of the Nibelungenlied and the Klage Other than German | 321 |
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Common terms and phrases
Atli Atli’s Attila aventiure battle Berlin Bibliography Bilder von Liebe brother Brynhild Burgundians century courtly Danube daughter death Deutsche deutschen Die Nibelungen Dietrich von Bern dragon edited epic Etzel Etzel’s court Fafnir fight fighting figure fiir final finds fire first Friedrich genlied Giselher Grimhild Gruyter Gudrun Gunnar Gunther Hagen Heinrich Heinzle Heldensage Hermann hero heroic Hildebrand hoard Hogni Hunaland Huns influenced Isung Jahrhunderts Karl killed King Klage knights Kriemhild legend literature lungenlied manuscript marry medieval Middle High German Mittelalter Munich murder narrative Nibe Nibelungenlied Nibelungs Niflungs Norse Odin Osantrix Passau Pidreks saga poem poet Poetic Edda Prestel reflects Regin revenge Rezeption Rhine Ring Rudiger Seyfrid Siegfiied Siegfried Siegfried’s Siggeir Sigmund significant Sigurd Sinfjotli stanzas Storch story strophe Studien Stuttgart sword Thidrek tion tradition treasure Ulrich Velent Verrat und Untergang Vienna Vithga Volker Volsunga saga Wagner warrior Werner wife Wolfgang Worms