The Nibelungenlied
Translated into Rhymed English Verse in theMetre of the Original
By
George Henry Needler
Associate Professor of German in University College, Toronto


PREFACE
This translation of the Nibelungenlied is published with thesimple purpose of placing one of the world's great epic poemswithin the reach of English readers. Translations are at best butpoor substitutes for originals. A new translation of a poem impliesalso a criticism of those that have preceded it. My apology forpresenting this new English version of the Nibelungenlied is thatnone of those hitherto made has reproduced the metrical form ofthe original. In the hope of making the outlines of the poemclearer for the modern reader, I have endeavored to supply in theIntroduction a historical background by summing up the resultsof investigation into its origin and growth. The translation itselfwas begun many years ago, when I studied the original underZarncke in Leipzig.
G. H. N.
University College, Toronto, September, 1904.


CONTENTS
Introduction.
      
  1. The Nibelungen Saga.  
          
    1. Origin of the Saga.    
    2. The Northern Form of the Saga.    
    3. The Saga as Preserved in the Nibelungenlied.    
    4. Mythical Element and Historical Element.  
      
  2. The Nibelungenlied.  
          
    1. The Manuscripts.    
    2. Stages in the Evolution of the Poem.    
    3. Character of the Poem.    
    4. Later Forms of the Saga.    
    5. Poem and Saga in Modern Literature.    
    6. Modern German Translations.    
    7. English Translations.    
    8. Editions of the Nibelungenlied.  

The Nibelungenlied.
  
        
  1. FIRST ADVENTURE:  Kriemhild's Dream.    
  2. SECOND ADVENTURE:  Siegfried.    
  3. THIRD ADVENTURE:  How Siegfried Came to Worms.    
  4. FOURTH ADVENTURE:  How Siegfried Fought with the Saxons.    
  5. FIFTH ADVENTURE:  How Siegfried first Saw Kriemhild.    
  6. SIXTH ADVENTURE:  How Gunther Fared to Isenland to Brunhild.    
  7. SEVENTH ADVENTURE:  How Gunther Won Brunhild.    
  8. EIGHTH ADVENTURE:  How Siegfried Fared to his Knights, the Nibelungen.    
  9. NINTH ADVENTURE:  How Siegfried was Sent to Worms.    
  10. TENTH ADVENTURE:  How Brunhild was Received at Worms.    
  11. ELEVENTH ADVENTURE:  How Siegfried Came Home with his Wife.    
  12. TWELFTH ADVENTURE:  How Gunther Bade Siegfried to the Feast.    
  13. THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE:  How They Fared to the Feast.    
  14. FOURTEENTH ADVENTURE:  How                        
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