Brunhild dons the Queen Mother's jewellery and proceeds to the cathedral to enter as the first person, as is her right as Queen of Burgundy. When the Burgundians arrive, the Huns launch an attack on the Burgundian soldiers during their feast in the caves where the Huns reside. The term Nibelung (German) or Niflung (Old Norse) is a personal or clan name with several competing and contradictory uses in Germanic heroic legend. Gudrún bore to Sigurd a son named Sigmund according to the Völsunga saga, presumably the same as the unnamed son mentioned in stanza 5 of Sigurdarkvida hin skamma. The men travel to Brunhild's kingdom, where Siegfried feigns vassalage to Gunther so that he can avoid Brunhild's challenge and instead use the net's power of invisibility to help Gunther beat the powerful Queen in a threefold battle of strength. It has an unclear etymology, but is often connected to the root nebel, meaning mist. In the Norse tales the hoard originates from a dwarf named Andvari, thence passes to Odin, and then to Hreidmar (Hreiðmarr), and then to Hreidmar's son Fáfnir who changes into dragon form, and from him to Sigurd (Siegfried).

In his review he wrote, "A rich treasure trove of folklore and magic, in which Lang creates a mystical geometric universe where the characters play against vast architectural landscapes. The only other kinsman of Gunther who appears here is Hagano (Hagen). In Norse tradition another brother is named Gutthorm (Gutþormr) which looks like a slight garbling of Gundomar. Nothing further is told of Aldrian here. For a reason not explained, Siegfried was unable to make the division, despite much effort. Niflheim ("Mist-home") is a mythical region of cold and mist and darkness in the north. [17] Rosenfeld, on the other hand, argues that the Burgundian clan name Nibelung was adopted by the Nibelungid cadet branch of the Frankish Pippinid dynasty once Charles Martell's brother Childebrand I and his descendants came to rule the former Burgundian kingdom as counts. Scholars today mostly believe that the Burgundian connection is the more original one. German tradition provides instead a third brother named Gernot, which may be a substitution of a more familiar name for an unfamiliar one.

Some seemingly took Nibelung to apply primarily to Siegfried's treasure, in which case it must mean something else than the Burgundian royal family, and so another explanation was contrived.

Siegfried happened to find it one day and bore it away.

But as will be seen below, legendary tradition often makes Gibiche or Gjúki (that is Gibica) the father of Gunther/Gunnar and names Giselher (the same name as Gislaharius) as one of Gunther/Gunnar's brothers. If these legends preserve authentic tradition, then historically Gibica of the Burgundian Laws might have been the father of the three kings Gundomar, Gislaharius, and Gundaharius who shared the kingdom among them, presumably with Gundaharius as the high king (the sharing of the throne between brothers was a common tradition among the Germanic tribes, see Germanic king). cultōrēs regiōnis. For the historical Frankish dynasty sometimes called the Nibelungs, see, Referring to the Nibelungid branch of the Frankish Pippinid dynasty, sfn error: no target: CITEREFDronke1968 (, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, Mythological Norse people, items and places, Das Nibelungenlied: Ein Heldenepos in 39 Abenteuern, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nibelung&oldid=976074828, Articles that may contain original research from June 2015, All articles that may contain original research, Articles needing additional references from March 2013, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles needing rewrite from June 2018, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Pages with DOIs inactive as of 2020 September, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 September 2020, at 01:56. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Moonblood - Siegfried - Die Sage Vom Helden at Discogs. A group of royal brothers led by king Gunther or Gunnar, the Gibichungs are responsible for the death of the hero Siegfried or Sigurd and are later destroyed at the court of Attila the Hun (called Etzel in German and Atli in Old Norse). Gunnar and his legitimate brothers are often called Niflungar and their country is named Niflungaland. A reference to nebulones Franci (translated as "Nibelungian Franks") in the Waltharius is used as further evidence,[5] though this translation of the epithet nebulones is disputed. In the eddic poems Guðrúnarhvöt and Hamðismál, Erp (Erpr), a third son of Jónakr, was born by a different mother. Kriemhild requests Etzel to invite her family to celebrate the Midsummer Solstice with them in the Hun kingdom. The most widespread use of Nibelung is used to denote the Burgundian royal house, also known as the Gibichungs or Gjúkings. They accompany their father and uncle on their fateful journey to Atli's court where they also meet their deaths. In the Lex Burgundionum, issued by the Burgundian king Gundobad (c. 480–516), it is decreed that those who were free under the kings Gibica, Gundomar, Gislaharius, and Gundaharius will remain free. With Sebastian Fischer, Ilaria Occhini, Rolf Tasna, Katharina Mayberg. A clear example can be seen in the name of the dwarf Nybling from Das Lied vom Hürnen Seyfrid, which was translated into Czech as Mhaček, from Czech mha (mist). They decline. Sigfrido Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? This land and its inhabitants give their name to the "hoard of the Nibelungs" (Middle High German der Nibelunge hort). Unfortunately for me the copy of the film (at least the one I can appreciate best, with Spanish translations) is not of the best quality: the hues and colors change constantly to the point that I felt that it was a visual strategy. Add the first question.