Nibelung
Sign in to savethumb|The dwarf Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. ([[Arthur Rackham, 1910)]]
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It is catalogued under topics including Dwarves (folklore), German heroic legends and German words and phrases.
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16 sectionsContents
- In ''Waltharius''
- Norse tradition
- Niblung genealogy
- ''Lex Burgundionum''
- German tradition
- Norse tradition
- Other interpretations of ''Nibelung''
- A northern people
- Referring to dwarfs
- Theories of etymology and origins
- Referring to mythical beings
- Referring to the Nibelungid branch of the Frankish Pippinid dynasty
- Referring to a Burgundian clan
- Adaptations
- Notes
- References
thumb|The dwarf Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. ([[Arthur Rackham, 1910)]]
The term ' (German) or ' (Old Norse) is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend. It has an unclear etymology, but is often connected to the root of German , meaning "mist". The term in its various meanings gives its name to the Middle High German heroic epic the .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nibelung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.