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The Nibelungs

Ferdinand Schmidt

The Nibelungs

The Nibelungs

Ferdinand Schmidt

German Literature, Novels

Translated by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

The Nibelungen is one of the great forgotten epics of Western literature, a tale of dragonslayer, love, and blood-feud that predates and parallels the Arthurian romances. Siegfried, prince of the Netherlands, slays a fearsome dragon, wins a cursed treasure, and earns his bride Kriemhild through deeds of legendary heroism. But the dark heart of the story beats in the courtly betrayals that follow, where oaths of loyalty curdle into murder and grief transmutes into something far more dangerous. Schmidt renders this ancient saga with visceral intensity, capturing the brutal honor code of Germanic heroism and the psychological depths of characters destroyed by their own passions. This is myth made flesh: a world where a hero's greatest strength becomes his fatal weakness, and where a woman's grief reshapes the fates of kingdoms. The tale endures because it strips away the romance from heroism and shows what remains: the terrible cost of glory and the inescapable weight of revenge.

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