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noun(German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
Definition that contains siegfried
- brunhild a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
- sigurd (Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart
- nibelung (German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried
- nibelung (German mythology) any of the group of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried
- brynhild a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
- brunnhilde a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
- nibelungenlied an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings