The Song of the Nibelungs
A Middle High German Epic of Siegfried, Kriemhild, and Fatalistic VengeanceBy Anonymous
Length12h 43m
About this audiobook
*The Song of the Nibelungs* is the great Middle High German epic of Siegfried, Kriemhild, and the catastrophic destruction of the Burgundian court. Its narrative joins heroic legend to the manners and ideals of medieval chivalry: Siegfried's supernatural triumphs, Kriemhild's transformation from bride to avenger, Hagen's grim loyalty, and the final bloodshed at Etzel's court unfold through richly patterned episodes, formal speeches, and recurring themes of honor, betrayal, vengeance, and fate. Composed around 1200, the poem preserves older Germanic and Migration-Age traditions while reshaping them through the courtly literary culture of the High Middle Ages. Its tension between romance and tragedy gives the work its enduring power. The poem's author is anonymous, as is characteristic of much medieval heroic literature. Rather than indicating a single, wholly original invention, this anonymity reflects the work's formation through the adaptation of oral legends, inherited heroic narratives, and regional traditions. The surviving poem bears the marks of a learned poet shaping this material for a courtly audience, balancing pagan heroic memory with Christian-era moral concerns and contemporary ideas of aristocratic conduct. Its fusion of disparate traditions suggests a literary culture deeply invested in remembering the past while interpreting it for the present. Readers interested in epic poetry, medieval history, German literature, or the cultural origins of European romance will find this book indispensable. It offers both the grandeur of legendary adventure and a searching study of how loyalty, gender, political power, and revenge can unravel an entire society. *The Song of the Nibelungs* remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the heroic imagination of medieval Europe.
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GenrePoetry
Length12 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Metamorphoses (Annotated)
24EIGHTEENTH ADVENTURE
2PREFACE
25NINETEENTH ADVENTURE
3THE NIBELUNGENLIED
26TWENTIETH ADVENTURE
4I. The Nibelungen Saga
27TWENTY-FIRST ADVENTURE
5II. The Nibelungenlied
28TWENTY-SECOND ADVENTURE
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6THE NIBELUNGENLIED
29TWENTY-THIRD ADVENTURE
7FIRST ADVENTURE
30TWENTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE
8SECOND ADVENTURE
31TWENTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE
9THIRD ADVENTURE.
32TWENTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE
10FOURTH ADVENTURE
33TWENTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE
11FIFTH ADVENTURE
34TWENTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE
12SIXTH ADVENTURE
35TWENTY-NINTH ADVENTURE
13SEVENTHADVENTURE
36THIRTIETH ADVENTURE
14EIGHTH ADVENTURE
37THIRTY-FIRST ADVENTURE
15NINTH ADVENTURE
38THIRTY-SECOND ADVENTURE
16TENTH ADVENTURE
39THIRTY-THIRD ADVENTURE
17ELEVENTH ADVENTURE
40THIRTY-FOURTH ADVENTURE
18TWELFTH ADVENTURE
41THIRTY-FIFTH ADVENTURE
19THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE
42THIRTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE
20FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE
43THIRTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE
21FIFTEENTH ADVENTURE
44THIRTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE
22SIXTEENTH ADVENTURE
45THIRTY-NINTH ADVENTURE
23SEVENTEENTH ADVENTURE
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