The villain of this work repeatedly tries to drown his king's chaplain to disprove a mermaid's prophecy that out of his band, only the chaplain will survive.
The villain of this work repeatedly tries to drown his king's chaplain to disprove a mermaid's prophecy that out of his band, only the chaplain will survive. Its hero invisibly helps his friend win a javelin toss, a boulder- throwing contest, and a long jump to get that friend a wife, whom that hero robs of her girdle and ring on her wedding night. At the end of this text, Hildebrand beheads a queen who wields the sword (*) Balmung on the orders of her husband, Etzel. This poem explains the historical destruction of the Burgundian court at Worms as Kriemhild's vengeance for her dead husband, who is killed by Hagen in his one weak point, a leaf-shaped region on his back. For 10 points, name this German epic poem about Siegfried that helped inspire Wagner's Ring Cycle.
The villain of this work repeatedly tries to drown his king's chaplain to disprove a mermaid's prophecy that out of his band, only the chaplain will survive.
Das {Nibelungenlied} [or The {Song of the Nibelungs}; accept flowerier translations like The {Song of the Nibelung Dwarves} etc.; be generous about the initial article in German, since Matt Bollinger himself didn’t get the gender right when writing this question]