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Siegfried (sēg`frēd) or Sigurd (sĭg`ərd), great folk hero of early and medieval Germanic mythology. His legend, important in several Germanic epics, recounts his killing of the dragon Fafnir, his marriage to Gudrun (or Kriemhild), his love and betrayal of Brunhild, and his tragic death. See Niebelungenlied under Nibelungen Nibelungenlied (–lēt') [song of the Nibelungen] is a long Middle High German epic by a south German poet of the early 13th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . Siegfriedor SigurdHero of German and Old Norse mythology noted for his outstanding strength and courage. He is one of the heroes of the Poetic Edda and the Nibelungenlied, and he figures in many different, sometimes inconsistent, legends. In the earliest stories, Siegfried is presented as a boy of noble lineage who grew up without parental care, but other accounts provide elaborate detail of a courtly upbringing. One legend tells of his battle with a dragon, and another of his acquiring treasure. He also plays a part in the story of Brunhild, in which he meets his death. He is the hero of Richard Wagner's operatic tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung. See also Kriemhild. Siegfried disguised as Gunther, steals gold ring from Brunhild. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Götterdämmerung, Westerman, 244] See : Disguise Siegfried killed many great heroes, won the fabulous hoard of the Nibelungs, and was made invisible by the blood of a dragon he had slain. [Ger. Myth.: Nibelungenlied in Magill I, 653] See : Heroism Siegfried killed many enemies; led many troops to victory. [Ger. Lit. Nibelungenlied] See : Militarism Siegfried vulnerable in only one spot on his back. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Götterdämmerung, Westerman, 245] See : Vulnerability How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The ``Get Smart'' cast includes Anne Hathaway as Agent 99, Alan Arkin as The Chief, Terence Stamp as Sigfried, Dwayne ``The Rock'' Johnson as Agent 23 (a new character) and Masi Oka as Bruce ``the gadget guy. In the Modern Movement, adoration of industrial structures vitiated the publications of Erich Mendelsohn and Le Corbusier, and was the subject of the first publication by the secretary of CIAM Sigfried Giedion. Considered within the shadowy networks that Diana Taylor (via Derrida) calls the "hauntologies" of dramatic performance, (44) this stealth flight is something of a crypto-theatrical inevitability: as an agent not-so-secretly in the service of Nietzsche's theatrical revolution, which is in turn possessed by the crusading nationalism of Wagner's Sigfried, Schechner cannot keep from casting something like a totalitarian spell. |
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