The Nibelungs
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1. Front matter2. Translator’s Preface3. Illustrations4. Chapter I Wieland the Smith5. Chapter II Dietrich’s Fight with Ecke6. Chapter III Siegfried in the Forge7. Chapter IV Siegfried and the Nibelungs8. Chapter V Siegfried goes to Burgundy9. Chapter VI Siegfried makes War against the Saxons10. Chapter VII The Festival11. Chapter VIII King Günther’s Voyage to Iceland12. Chapter IX The Contest13. Chapter X Siegfried Visits the Nibelungs14. Chapter XI The Welcome15. Chapter XII Siegfried strives with Brunhild16. Chapter XIII The Two Queens17. Chapter XIV The Queens’ Quarrel18. Chapter XV The Betrayal19. Chapter XVI Siegfried’s Death20. Chapter XVII Kriemhild’s Grief21. Chapter XVIII The Nibelung Hoard22. Chapter XIX King Etzel Woos Kriemhild23. Chapter XX Etzel’s Invitation to Günther24. Chapter XXI The Swan-Maidens25. Chapter XXII Kriemhild’s Welcome26. Chapter XXIII The Comrades27. Chapter XXIV The Minstrel Knight28. Chapter XXV The Burgundians go to Mass29. Chapter XXVI The Feast30. Chapter XXVII Blödelin and Dankwart31. Chapter XXVIII The Strife in the Hall32. Chapter XXIX Iring’s Fight with Hagen33. Chapter XXX The Night of Terror34. Chapter XXXI The Margrave Rüdiger35. Chapter XXXII Hildebrand and Dietrich36. Chapter XXXIII Kriemhild’s Revenge and Death