Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: THE MEETING OF SIEGFRIED AND MIMI] Stories of the Nibelungen _for_ Young People _Arranged by_ Gertrude R. Schottenfels Chicago Public Schools Illustrated Chicago A. Flanagan Company COPYRIGHT, 1905 BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY STORIES OF THE NIBELUNGEN I. YOUNG SIEGFRIED 7 II. MIMI'S STORY 21 III. SIEGFRIED'S SWORD 34 IV. THE DEATH OF THE DRAGON 43 V. THE STORY OF BRUNHILDA 53 VI. GUNTHER AND KRIEMHILD 61 VII. SIEGFRIED'S RETURN TO IRELAND 72 VIII. HOW GUNTHER WON HIS BRIDE 81 IX. KRIEMHILD AND BRUNHILDA'S QUARREL 91 X. KRIEMHILD'S REVENGE 112 PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY Transcriber's note: Where possible the UTF symbol was used the following exceptions are noted: [+e] = e with a tack above [+g] = g with a tack above ['g] = g with an accent above An image of the original may be found with the HTML version. NIBELUNGEN nē´bĕ-lụng-[+e]n SANTUM săn´tŭm SIEGMUND sēg´mụnd NIEDERLAND nē´der-lănd SIEGELINDA sē-[+g]ĕl-in´dă SIEGFRIED sēg´frid MIMI mē´mē FAFNER făf´ner ALBERICH ăl´ber-ĭck WOTAN wō´tăn LOKI lō´kē BRUNHILDA brụn-hīl´dă ISENHEIM ē´sĕn-hīme GUNTHER gŭn´ter HAGEN hä´gen UOTA ū-ō´tă KRIEMHILD krēm´hīld GISELHERR ['g]ē´sĕl-hâre GERNOT gēr´nō ETZEL et´zĕl ORTLIEB ôrt´lēb RUDIGER ru´dĭg-er BECHLARN bĕck´lärn DIETRICH dēt´rīck ETZELBURG ĕt´zĕl-berg DANKWART dänk´wert WALKYRIE wŏl-kīr´ī Stories of the Nibelungen I YOUNG SIEGFRIED IN THE good old days of Long Ago, when kings had absolute power over all their subjects, even in the matter of life and death, there dwelt in the city of Santum, on the beautiful Rhine River, a great and good king named Siegmund. He was very powerful, and ruled over the kingdom of Niederland so wisely and so well that he was loved and honored by all his people. He shared his throne with Siegelinda, his beautiful wife, who also was noble and kind of heart.