Stories of Siegfried, Told to the Children

Mary Esther Miller MacGregor (1876 - 1961)

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
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