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The Heroic Life and Exploits of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer

Anonymous

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

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Sagas

Language: English

Keyword(s): old german legend (1), germanic mythology (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	FIRST ADVENTURE. Of King Siegmund, and of Heroes, Dwarfs, Giants, and Dragons of ancient Times.	Phil Schempf	00:08:38
Play 02	SECOND ADVENTURE. Of Siegfried the Swift, how he grew up to be a Hero, and of his throwing the Spear.	Phil Schempf	00:10:36
Play 03	THIRD ADVENTURE. Of the Emperor Otnit and Wolfdietrich, and how Siegfried asked permission to go out into the World.	Phil Schempf	00:18:53
Play 04	FOURTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried the Swift went through the Wilderness, and what he encountered there.	Phil Schempf	00:16:04
Play 05	FIFTH ADVENTURE. Mimer relates the Adventures of Wieland, the best of all Smiths and Armourers.	Phil Schempf	00:28:07
Play 06	SIXTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried brings an Urochs to the Smiths.	Phil Schempf	00:03:26
Play 07	SEVENTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried learns to be a Smith, and how he was sent by the treacherous Mimer to the Dragon.	Phil Schempf	00:03:13
Play 08	EIGHTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried fights with the Dragon and bathes himself in his Blood.	Phil Schempf	00:08:18
Play 09	NINTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried comes again to the Smithy, and settles Accounts with Mimer.	Phil Schempf	00:05:35
Play 10	TENTH ADVENTURE. Siegfried sees the great Dragon, and meets a King of the Dwarfs.	Phil Schempf	00:10:06
Play 11	ELEVENTH ADVENTURE. Siegfried's fight with the faithless Giants under the Drachenstein.	Phil Schempf	00:11:09
Play 12	TWELFTH ADVENTURE. Of the great Wonders which Siegfried saw in the Dragon s Rock.	Phil Schempf	00:31:02
Play 13	THIRTEENTH ADVENTURE. How Siegfried first sees the King's Daughter and is received by her.	Phil Schempf	00:10:01
Play 14	LAST ADVENTURE. Siegfried's Fight with the Dragon.	Phil Schempf	00:17:51

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