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Song of the Nibelungs, anonymous 12th-century
German epic poem, derived from older sources.
The composer Richard Wagner made use of the
legends in his Ring cycle. Siegfried,
possessor of the Nibelung treasure, marries
Kriemhild (sister of Gunther of Worms) and
wins Brunhild as a bride for Gunther.
However, Gunther's vassal Hagen murders
Siegfried, and Kriemhild achieves revenge by
marrying Etzel (Attila) of the Huns, at whose
court both Hagen and Gunther are killed.