Stories of Siegfried, Told to the Children
Dear Denis,—Here is a story that I found in an old German poem called the Nibelungenlied. The poem is full of strange adventure, adventure of both tiny dwarf and stalwart mortal.
Some of these adventures will fill this little book, and already I can see you sitting in the nursery as you read them.
The door is opened but you do not look up. 'Denis! Denis!' You are called, but you do not hear, for you are not really in the nursery any longer.
You have wandered away to Nibelheim, the home of the strange little people of whom you are reading, and you have ears only for the harsh voices of the tiny Nibelungs, eyes only for their odd, wrinkled faces.
Siegfried is the merry hero of the Nibelungenlied. I wonder will you think him as brave as French Roland or as chivalrous as your English favourite, Guy of Warwick? Yet even should you think the German hero brave and chivalrous as these, I can hardly believe you will read and re-read this little book as often as you read and re-read the volumes which told you about your French and English heroes.—Yours affectionately,
MARY MACGREGOR (summary from the text)
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Language: English
Keyword(s): adventure (995), siegfried (3), heroic (3), nibelung (2), germanic myth (1)
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | To Denis | Steven Fellows |
00:01:56 |
Play 01 | Mimer the Blacksmith | Steven Fellows |
00:10:56 |
Play 02 | Siegfried wins the Treasure | Steven Fellows |
00:06:41 |
Play 03 | Siegfried comes home | Steven Fellows |
00:04:34 |
Play 04 | Kriemhild's Dream | Steven Fellows |
00:03:30 |
Play 05 | Siegfried journeys to Worms | Steven Fellows |
00:05:05 |
Play 06 | Siegfried's Welcome to Worms | Steven Fellows |
00:10:37 |
Play 07 | Siegfried's Sojourn at Worms | Steven Fellows |
00:17:19 |
Play 08 | Siegfried sees Kriemhild | Steven Fellows |
00:05:03 |
Play 09 | Siegfried goes to Isenland | Steven Fellows |
00:06:35 |
Play 10 | Siegfried subdues Brunhild | Steven Fellows |
00:08:48 |
Play 11 | Siegfried goes to the Cave | Steven Fellows |
00:06:15 |
Play 12 | The Wedding Feast | Steven Fellows |
00:05:32 |
Play 13 | Siegfried goes home with Kriemhild | Steven Fellows |
00:06:09 |
Play 14 | Siegfried and Kriemhild go to Worms | Steven Fellows |
00:07:20 |
Play 15 | Siegfried is slain | Steven Fellows |
00:13:38 |