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Transcribed by John Bursey ([email protected]
)
The Fall of the Niebelungs
Translated by Margaret Armour
Book I
First Adventure
Concerning the Niebelungs
In old tales they tell us many wonders of heroes and of high courage, of glad feasting, of
wine and of mourning; and herein ye shall read of the marvellous deeds and of the strife
of brave men.
There grew up in Burgundy a noble maiden, in no land was a fairer. Kriemhild was her
name. Well favoured was the damsel, and by reason of her died many warriors. Doughty
knights in plenty wooed her, as was meet, for of her body she was exceeding comely, and
her virtues were an adornment to all women.
Three kings noble and rich guarded her, Gunther and Gernot, warriors of fame, and
Giselher the youth, a chosen knight. The damsel was their sister, and the care of her