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Definition of Nibelung
1. Noun. (German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried.
2. Noun. (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nibelung
Literary usage of Nibelung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"THE Nibelung TREASURE IN ENGLISH. References to the Nibelung story are not frequent
in earl English literature, and they are all old (Beowulf, ..."
2. The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art Based Originally on by Charles Mills Gayley, Thomas Bulfinch (1911)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE RING OF THE Nibelung 284. Wagner's Tetralogy. In his famous Ring
of the Nibelung the German composer, Richard Wagner, returns to the Norse ..."
3. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"THE Nibelung TREASURE IN ENGLISH. References to the Nibelung story are not frequent
in early English literature, and they are all old (Beowulf, ..."
4. The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian by Delphian Society (1913)
"THE TETRALOGY OF THE RING OF THE Nibelung. The plot of the Ring of the Nibelung
is one of the most involved of all Wagner's music-dramas. ..."
5. Wagner and His Works: The Story of His Life, with Critical Comments by Henry Theophilus Finck (1893)
"Nibelung THEATRE AND INVISIBLE ORCHESTRA From Villa Wahnfried to the Nibelung
Theatre we can walk comfortably in half an hour. ..."
6. The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: Comprising Two Hundred and Twenty-nine by Leo Leop Melitz, Richard Salinger (1913)
"THE RING OF THE Nibelung An operatic representation in three days and an introduction
... As they swim about, to them comes the dwarf Alberich, a Nibelung ..."
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