Fairy Tales & Folklore

Fall of the Nibelungs

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  • 1897 first published
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Unknown's Fall of the Nibelungs (1897) is a folklore and fairy tales novel.

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About Fall of the Nibelungs

"The Fall of the Nibelungs" is Margaret Armour's plain prose translation from the middle high German of the "Nibelungenlied", a poetic saga of uncertain authorship written about the year 1200. The story is believed by many to be based on the destruction of the Burgundians, a Germanic tribe, in 436 by mercenary Huns recruited for the task by the Roman general Flavius Aëtius. The introduction to the 1908 edition summarizes the story, "And so 'the discord of two women,' to quote Carlyle, 'is as a little spark of evil passion, which ere long enlarges itself into a crime; foul murder is done; and now the sin rolls on like a devouring fire, till the guilty and the innocent are alike encircled with it, and a whole land is ashes, and a whole race is swept away.'", a story not for the faint of heart. Summary by Phil Schempf. Dedicated proof-listeners: Carolin Ksr & DaveC
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Fall of the Nibelungs was written by Unknown and first published in 1897.

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It is usually shelved as Fairy Tales & Folklore.

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Readers who like it often enjoy Dracula, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Wind in the Willows.

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