01205nam a22001697a 4500 20260706095420.0 260309b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 831.2 HAT Hatto, A.T., translator The nibelungenlied / translated by Hatto, A. T. Middlesex, England : Penguin Books , 1965. 404 p. ; 18 cm. Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity, transforming centuries-old legend into a masterpiece of chivalric drama. Siegfried, a great prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild of Burgundy, by aiding her brother Gunther in his struggle to seduce a powerful Icelandic Queen. But the two women quarrel, and Siegfried is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts the most. Comparable in scope to the Iliad, this skilfully crafted work combines the fragments of half-forgotten myths to create one of the greatest epic poems - the principal version of the heroic legends used by Richard Wagner, in The Ring. literature English Literature RBK 67149 67149 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2026-03-09 0 831.2 HAT G7082 2026-03-09 12:23:05 2026-03-09 RBK