Who is the wife of Siegfried?
Gudrun
Gudrun, heroine of several Old Norse legends whose principal theme is revenge. She is the sister of Gunnar and wife of Sigurd (Siegfried) and, after Sigurd’s death, of Atli. Her sufferings as a wife, sister, and mother are the unifying elements of several poems.
Why was brunhild not happy with Kriemhild marrying Siegfried?
Meanwhile, Brunhild still suffered from the suspicion that her sister-in-law had married beneath her station. Siegfried, she believed, was merely her husband’s vassal, and thus not entitled to marry into royalty.
What is the plot of Nibelungenlied?
The Nibelungenlied combines two stories, each of long standing in Germanic tradition. The character of the Burgundian princess Kriemhild is used to link them. In the first half she is betrothed to the heroic Siegfried, a prince from the Rhineland who comes to the Burgundian royal palace at Worms.
Who kills Sigmund?
In battle, Sigmund matches up against an old man who is Odin in disguise. Odin shatters Sigmund’s sword, and Sigmund falls at the hands of others. Dying, he tells Hjördís that she is pregnant and that her son will one day make a great weapon out of the fragments of his sword.
Where did the story for Der Ring des Nibelungen come from?
Wagner created the story of the Ring by fusing elements from many German and Scandinavian myths and folk-tales. The Old Norse Edda supplied much of the material for Das Rheingold, while Die Walküre was largely based on the Völsunga saga. Siegfried contains elements from the Eddur, the Völsunga saga and Thidrekssaga.
Who murdered Signy’s father?
Signy was married against her will to Siggeir, king of the Goths, who later ambushed her father and brothers and tied them to a tree in the forest. She was unable to help them as a wild beast killed them, one at a time. Sigmund was the last one left alive.
Who pulled Odin’s sword out of the tree?
Sigmund
Barnstokkr is attested in chapters 2 and 3 of the Völsunga saga, written in the 13th century from earlier tradition, partially based on events from the 5th century and the 6th century, where, during a banquet, a one-eyed, very tall man appears and thrusts a sword into the tree which only Sigmund is able to pull free.