Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer
by Anonymous
About this book
This is the prequel of the Nibelungenlied. It tells the tale of Siegfried as a young man when he sets forth to earn a name for himself so he will be able to stand proudly with his ancestors. - Summary by Fritz
Chapters (14)
1FIRST ADVENTURE. Of King Siegmund, and of Heroes, Dwarfs, Giants, and Dragons of ancient Times.
2SECOND ADVENTURE. Of Siegfried the Swift, how he grew up to be a Hero, and of his throwing the Spear.
3THIRD ADVENTURE. Of the Emperor Otnit and Wolfdietrich, and how Siegfried asked permission to go out into the World.
4FOURTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried the Swift went through the Wilderness, and what he encountered there.
5FIFTH ADVENTURE. Mimer relates the Adventures of Wieland, the best of all Smiths and Armourers.
6SIXTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried brings an Urochs to the Smiths.
7SEVENTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried learns to be a Smith, and how he was sent by the treacherous Mimer to the Dragon.
8EIGHTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried fights with the Dragon and bathes himself in his Blood.
9NINTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried comes again to the Smithy, and settles Accounts with Mimer.
10TENTH ADVENTURE. Siegfried sees the great Dragon, and meets a King of the Dwarfs.
11ELEVENTH ADVENTURE. Siegfried's fight with the faithless Giants under the Drachenstein.
12TWELFTH ADVENTURE. Of the great Wonders which Siegfried saw in the Dragon s Rock.
13THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried first sees the King's Daughter and is received by her.
14LAST ADVENTURE. Siegfried's Fight with the Dragon.
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