Identifier: legendsofrhine00guer (find matches)
Title: Legends of the Rhine
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline), d. 1929
Subjects: Folklore -- Rhine River Valley Legends -- Rhine River Valley Mythology, Germanic Rhine River Valley -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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grief. To discover the murderer,—for shesuspected foul play,—she bade each warrior lay his hand uponthe beloved remains, and when at Hagens touch the bloodagain began to flow, she vehemently denounced him as atraitor and assassin. According to some versions of this tale Siegfrieds bodywas burned, and Brunhild, regretting what she had done,stabbed herself and was buried with him. According toothers he was laid at rest in a sumptuous tomb, and Kriem-hild, who would fain have returned to the Nibelungen-land, was persuaded to remain with her kin in her nativecountry. A few years later, guided by her familys wishes,she sent for the mighty Nibelungen hoard, which wasconveyed to Burgundy in several large vessels, and placedin a great tower of which Kriemhild only held the key.But Hagen, the vile murderer, who was as avaricious astreacherous, soon stole the treasure, and fearing lest heshould be forced to restore it, buried it deep in the Rhine,near Lochheim, where it remains to this day.
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SIEGFRIEDS BODY BORNE BY THEHUNTSMEN. Pixis. ELBERFELD. 41 Some years later, under the influence of a magic draught,or urged by the thirst for revenge, Kriemhild married Attila,king of the Huns, and, under pretext of a friendly visit,beguiled the Burgundians into her realm. In trying toexecute her orders and slay Hagen, the Huns fell foul ofthe Burgundian heroes, who died only after they had slainmany of their foes, Gunther and Hagen perishing by thehand of Kriemhild, who however died by the sword as soonas Siegfried was avenged. The Drachenfels, where Siegfried slew the dragon; thecity of Worms, which owes its name to the corpse of thegigantic worm Fafnir, found on the Glittering Heath; theRose Garden, where Kriemhild, the happy maiden, wovegarlands for her lover; the Odenwald, where Siegfried fell;the church of St. Cecilia, where his tomb can still be seen;and Lochheim, where the Nibelungen hoard is buried in theRhine, are the principal places along this mighty riverwhich are connec

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