Siegfried and Kriemhild part 8
The guests brought with them to the Rhine, to the tourney, saddles worked in ruddy gold, and finely wrought shields, and knightly apparel. And...
Siegfried and Kriemhild part 7
Said Gunther, “Ye shall both go free. Yet I must have a pledge that my foremen quit not my land till peace be sealed...
Siegfried and Kriemhild part 6
“Ortwin of Metz, also, won worship. Whoso came within range of his sword lieth wounded or dead. Thy brother, too, made fierce havoc in...
Siegfried and Kriemhild part 5
The dead lay in heaps. Sindolt and Hunolt and Ortwin the knight slew many in the strife. The princes held together in the fray....
Siegfried and Kriemhild part 4
They of Denmark were aghast when they heard their king was taken captive; they told it to his brother, who fell in a great...
Siegfried and Kriemhild part 3
“Sit thou at home, O King,” spake Siegfried. “Since thy knights are willing to follow me, stay here by the women and be of...
Siegfried and Kriemhild part 2
The king was heavy of his cheer, and Siegfried, the good knight, saw that he was downcast, but wist not the reason, and asked...
Siegfried and Kriemhild part 1
Anonymous: End of 12th Century
The unknown writer of the Nibelungenlied, or Lay of the Nibelungs, was an Austrian. Nothing is known of him except...
Phrygian Valley
Cradle of Culture: Phrygian valley
On one side monumental tumuli, giant rock-carved reliefs, altars and cave dwellings, on the other fairy chimney formations like works...
