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Loading... The Nibelungenlied: Prose Translation (Penguin Classics)
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0486414140, Paperback)
Prose translation of epic tale, best known to modern audiences as source for Wagner's Ring cycle, recounts the life and death of Sifrid (Siegfried), the dragon-slaying superman who can only be undone through betrayal. In the 2nd half, his noble queen Kriemhilde extracts vengeance, destroying not only thousands of her countrymen but all of her kinsmen as well.
(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:02:17 -0400)
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