Chapter I: Young Siegfried 7

II. MIMI'S STORY 21
III. SIEGFRIED'S SWORD 34
IV. THE DEATH OF THE DRAGON 43
V. THE STORY OF BRUNHILDA 53
VI. GUNTHER AND KRIEMHILD 61
VII. SIEGFRIED'S RETURN TO IRELAND 72
VIII. HOW GUNTHER WON HIS BRIDE 81
IX. KRIEMHILD AND BRUNHILDA'S QUARREL 91
X. KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE 112

PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY

Transcriber's note:

The following notation is used to show the pronunciation symbols used in this text. An image of this page may be found in the HTML edition.

[=x] = macron above a letter
[)x] = breve above a letter
[.x] = dot above a letter
[x.] = dot below a letter
[+x] = tack above a letter
['x] = accent above a letter

NIBELUNGEN n[=e]´b[)e]-l[u.]ng-[+e]n
SANTUM s[)a]n´t[)u]m
SIEGMUND s[=e]g´m[u.]nd
NIEDERLAND n[=e]´der-l[)a]nd
SIEGELINDA s[=e]-[+g][)e]l-in´d[)a]
SIEGFRIED s[=e]g´frid
MIMI m[=e]´m[=e]
FAFNER f[)a]f´ner
ALBERICH [)a]l´ber-[)i]ck
WOTAN w[=o]´t[)a]n
LOKI l[=o]´k[=e]
BRUNHILDA br[u.]n-h[=i]l´d[)a]
ISENHEIM [=e]´s[)e]n-h[=i]me
GUNTHER g[)u]n´ter
HAGEN hä´gen
UOTA [=u]-[=o]´t[)a]
KRIEMHILD kr[=e]m´h[=i]ld
GISELHERR ['g][=e]´s[)e]l-hâre
GERNOT g[=e]r´n[=o]
ETZEL et´z[)e]l
ORTLIEB ôrt´l[=e]b
RUDIGER ru´d[)i]g-er
BECHLARN b[)e]ck´lärn
DIETRICH d[=e]t´r[=i]ck
ETZELBURG [)e]t´z[)e]l-berg
DANKWART dänk´wert
WALKYRIE w[)o]l-k[=i]r´[=i]

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