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Summary of the Song of Nibelungs
The Nibelungs are demonic dwarfs and their king owns a great treasure. A Burgundy trial was named to be Nibelungs because Siegfried stole it. At the start of the tale the Kingdom of Worms has passed to Kriemhilds’ brothers. She has chosen never to wed. Siegfried, the prince from Xanten decides to wed her in spite of her promise. He came to Worms and brought the treasure he stole from the Nibelungs. He decided to get his way by helping Gunter, one of Kriemhilds’ brothers, win over Brunhild, very beautiful and powerful princess. She used to kill the men who lost in a fight with her and promised to marry the one who would win her in a fight.
Siegfried won her but in the wedding Gunter took his place, wed her and let Siegfried marry Kriemhild.
Some years later Brunhild found out about the fraud and decided to kill Siegfried. After that Kriemhild tried to get revenge for the death of Siegfried.


LECTURE 5
OLD ENGLISH POETRY
Old English poetry has survived as limited epic stories of battles. The most famous of these remained pieces is the poem “Beowulf”.
Old English poetry is typically characterised in two ways. There is the heroic poetry of the Germanic pre-Christian period. This poetry was of an oral tradition.
There is also Christian poetry that was placed down in writing. Historically, the Saxons had a tradition of oral poetry, but the advent of Christianity was the opportunity to place these stories in writing.
The main characteristic of an Old English poetry is the celebration of the warrior, the adventure and the conqueror.
There are two types of Old English poetry: the heroic and historical poems and the Christian poetry. Beowulf is the oldest surviving Germanic epic and the longest poem in Old English. The poem celebrates the hero’s fearless struggles against monsters. It belongs to the heroic poetry. “The Wanderer”, “The Seafarer” belong to the Christian poetry. “The Battle of Maldon” and “The Battle of Brunanburh” are based on historical episodes and celebrate great heroism.