Identifier: greatestnations03elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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husband, will have naught to do with Gunther.Siegfried in his cloak of darkness again vanquishes her, and she surrenders towhat she supposes is her husbands strength. Siegfried returns to his own kingdom, where for a time he lives happily withKriemhild. Then the tragedy opens. He and his bride return to Worms ona visit. The two wives quarrel. Siegfried has been misrepresented from thefirst to Brunhild as a vassal of Gunther. Hence she claims homage fromKriemhild, and this is angrily refused. The ladies meet before the greatcathedral at Worms, and each insists on entering first. Kriemhild, who haslearned from her husband the facts of Gunthers wedding, proclaims them inher anger with brutal plainness. Brunhild is stricken to the heart, silent withdespair and murderous rage. King Gunther is equally furious that Siegfried should have betrayed theirsecret even to his wife; but he cannot take vengeance on the man who hasdone so much for him. His uncle, the gloomy and terrible Hagen, is less
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Germany—The Legendary Attila 521 scrupulous. He plots with Brunhild, and they draw from the too talkativeKriemhild the secret of the one vulnerable spot in Siegfrieds skin. She iseven persuaded to mark its exact location with an embroidered red cross on herhusbands mantle, that Hagen may guard him from all danger. There is ahunting party; the wine is purposely left behind, and Siegfried kneels to drinkfrom a spring. Hagen promises to protect him while he stoops, then guidedby the fateful red cross, drives a deadly spear deep into the heros back. Great is the lamentation when Siegfrieds body is brought home. Brunhild,having accomplished her sad destiny and sad revenge, stabs herself upon thebody. Kriemhild accuses everybody .of the murder in hysterical despair.Gunther and all his knights in turn lay hands upon the body and swear to theirinnocence. When it comes Hagens turn, the wound bleeds afresh under histouch, and he defiantly boasts of his deed and its cause. Siegfried was toomig

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