See also:

• SIGURD (Sigur6r)

SIGURD (Sigur6r)  or SIEGERIED (M . H . G . Sifrit), the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the See also:

• NIBELUNGENLIED, or DER NIBELUNGE NOT

Nibelungenlied, and of a number of Scandinavian poems included in the older See also:

• EDDA

Edda, as well as of the See also:

• PROSE

prose VSlsunga See also:

• SAGA (literally a story committed to writing)

Saga, which is based upon the latter . According to both the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and Scandinavian authorities he was the son of a certain Sigmundr (Siegmund), a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king in the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, or the " See also:

• LAND

land of the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks." The exploits of this Sigmundr and his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder sons Sinfiotli and Helgi See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the subject of the earlier parts of Volsunga Saga, and Siegmund and Fitela (i.e . Sinfiotli) are also mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon poem See also:

• BEOWULF

Beowulf . According to the Scandinavian See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story Sigmundr was slain in See also:

• BATTLE

battle before the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of See also:

• SIGURD (Sigur6r)

Sigurd, but the German story makes him survive his son . Sigurd acquired See also:

• GREAT

great fame and riches by slaying the See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon See also:

• FAFNIR

Fafnir, but the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the story centres See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round his connexion with the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the Burgundian king Gunnar (See also:

• GUNTHER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (1695-1723)

Gunther) . He married See also:

• GUDRUN (KUDRUN)

Gudrun (See also:

• KRIEMHILD (GRIMHILD)

Kriemhild), the See also:

• SISTER

sister of that king, and won for him by a stratagem the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of the Valkyrie Brynhildr, with whom he had himself previously exchanged vows of love . A See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel arose between Brynhildr and Gudrun, in the course of which the former learnt of the deception which had been practised upon her and this led eventually to the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Sigurd . According to the Scandinavian version he was slain by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law Guttorin, according to the German version by the See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight See also:

• HAGEN
• HAGEN, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH VON DER (178o-1856)

Hagen . Gunther's See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers were subsequently slain while visiting Atli (Etzel), who married Gudrun after Sigurd's See also:

• DEATH

death .

According to the German story they were killed at the instigation of Kriemhild in revenge for Siegfried . The Scandinavian version of the story attributes the See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed to Atli's lust for See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold . The story of Sigurd has given rise to more discussion than any other subject connected with the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic heroic See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Like See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles he is represented as the perfect embodiment of the ideals of the See also:

• RACE

race, and, as in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek hero, it is customary to regard his See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality and exploits as mythical . There is no question, however, that the Burgundian king who is said to have been his brother-in-law was an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who was slain by the See also:

• HUNS

Huns, at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when the Burgundian See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom was overthrown by the latter . Sigurd himself is not mentioned by any contemporary writer; but, apart from the dragon incident, there is nothing in the story which affords sufficient See also:

• JUSTIFICATION

justification for regarding his personality as mythical . Opinions, however, vary widely as to the precise proportions of See also:

• HISTORY

history and fiction which the story contains . The story of Siegfried in See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner's famous See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera-See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle Der See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

Ring der Nibelungen is mainly taken from the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern version; but many features, especially the characterization of Hagen, are borrowed from the German story, as is also the See also:

• EPISODE

episode of Siegfried's murder in the See also:

• FOREST

forest . See NIBELUNGENLIED and also R . Heinzel, " Ober See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Nibelungensage," in Sitzungsberichte der K . Akademie der Wissenschaften (See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, 1885) ; H . Lichtenberger, Le See also:

• PAINE, ROBERT TREAT (1731–1814)
• PAINE, THOMAS (1737–1809)

Paine et la legende See also:

• DES

des Nibelungen (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1891) ; B .

See also:

• SYMONS
• SYMONS, GEORGE JAMES (1838-1900)

Symons, " Heldensage" in H . See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's Grundriss der germ . Philologie, vol. iii . (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1900) ; and R . C . See also:

• BOER

Boer, Untersuchungen fiber den Ursprung and die Entwicklung der Nibelungensage (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1906) . Also T . Abeling, Nibelungenlied (1907) . (F . G . M .