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Kriemhild

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Kriemhild: see Nibelungen Nibelungen or Nibelungs, in Germanic myth and literature, an evil family possessing a magic hoard of gold. The hoard is accursed. The

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Kriemhild

 or Gudrun

In the Nibelungenlied, the gentle princess courted by Siegfried. Her grief at Siegfried's death transforms her into a “she-devil”; she exacts revenge by marrying Attila the Hun and killing her brother (who ordered Siegfried's death). She herself is also killed. In Norse legend, as Gudrun, she appears in tales of revenge. Kriemhild's story may have originated in confusion over events in the life of the historical Attila.

Kriemhild
Burgundian princess’s beauty known throughout Europe. [Ger. Lit.: Nibelungenlied]
See : Beauty, Feminine
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Tolkien's [JRRT's] names for the characters, even when discussing sources that give them different names (Gudrun for Kriemhild, etc).
Tolkiens's Sigurd & Gudrun: summary, sources, & analogs by Berube, Pierre H. / Mythlore
Alan Davidson's The Oxford Companion to Food and Kenneth E Kiple and Kriemhild Cornee Omelas' The Cambridge World History of Food share some similarities but are products of different traditions and will ultimately find different audiences.
Review essay: food and history by Super, John C. / Journal of Social History
Kiple and Kriemhild Conee Ornelas have included contributions of 224 experts from 15 countries in fields from agronomy to zoology.
GRAND GIFTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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