2017-07-28T20:39:06+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Gudrun, Legends about Theoderic the Great, Die Walküre, Nibelungenlied, Hagen (legend), Sigurd, Das Liebesverbot, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wormser Dom, Brynhildr, Das Rheingold, Siegfried (opera), Fáfnismál, Das Nibelungenlied: Ein Heldenepos in 39 Abenteuern, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs flashcards
Nibelung tradition

Nibelung tradition

  • Gudrun
    Gudrun is a major figure in early Germanic literature that is centred on the hero Sigurd, son of Sigmund.
  • Legends about Theoderic the Great
    The Gothic King Theoderic the Great was remembered in Germanic legend as Dietrich von Bern (Bern is the Middle High German name for Verona, where Theoderic had one of his residences).
  • Die Walküre
    Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto by the composer.
  • Nibelungenlied
    The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German.
  • Hagen (legend)
    Hagen (German form) or Högni (Old Norse Hǫgni, often anglicized as Hogni) is a Burgundian warrior in tales about the Burgundian kingdom at Worms.
  • Sigurd
    Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga.
  • Das Liebesverbot
    Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love, WWV 38), is an early opera in two acts by Richard Wagner, with the libretto written by the composer after Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.
  • Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.
  • Wormser Dom
    The St Peter's Dom (German: Wormser Dom) is a church in Worms, southern Germany.
  • Brynhildr
    Brynhildr (also spelled Brunhild, Brünnhilde, Brynhild) is a shieldmaiden and a valkyrie in Germanic mythology, where she appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some Eddic poems treating the same events.
  • Das Rheingold
    Das Rheingold (; The Rhinegold), WWV 86A, is the first of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, or in English, 'The Ring of the Nibelung.
  • Siegfried (opera)
    Siegfried, WWV 86C, is the third of the four music dramas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner.
  • Fáfnismál
    Fáfnismál (Fáfnir's sayings) is an Eddic poem, found in the Codex Regius manuscript.
  • Das Nibelungenlied: Ein Heldenepos in 39 Abenteuern
    Das Nibelungenlied (German: The Song of the Nibelungs) is a novel by German writer Albrecht Behmel about the medieval epic of the same name.
  • The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
    The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (1876) is an epic poem of over 10,000 lines by William Morris that tells the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd (the equivalent of Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung) and Sigurd's wife Gudrun.