Other Figures — Minor Figures

15 figures from The Nibelungenlied who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Gunther (son of Siegfried)

son of Siegfried and Kriemhild · first appears Adventure XI · How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife

Adventure XI · How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife · parent: Siegfried “In these high honors Siegfried lived, of a truth, and judged as king, till the tenth year was come, when his fair lady bare a son.”
Adventure XI · How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife · parent: Kriemhild “In these high honors Siegfried lived, of a truth, and judged as king, till the tenth year was come, when his fair lady bare a son.”

master of the kitchen · first appears Adventure XXIV · How Werbel And Swemmel Brought The Message · Part 2

Adventure XXIV · How Werbel And Swemmel Brought The Message · Part 2 · lord: Gunther “I be bound to you in fealty and duty, that for my sake ye abide here and leave King Etzel there with Kriemhild.”

son of Gunther and Brunhild · first appears Adventure XI · How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife

Adventure XI · How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife · parent: Gunther “Now also by the Rhine, as we hear tell, at mighty Gunther's court, in the Burgundian land, Brunhild, the fair, had born a son.”
Adventure XI · How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife · parent: Brunhild “Now also by the Rhine, as we hear tell, at mighty Gunther's court, in the Burgundian land, Brunhild, the fair, had born a son.”

son of a mighty king · first appears Adventure III · How Siegfried Came to Worms · Part 2

Adventure III · How Siegfried Came to Worms · Part 2 · enemies with Siegfried “By this here's hand were slain the bold Nibelungs, Schilbung and Nibelung, sons of a mighty king.”
Adventure III · How Siegfried Came to Worms · Part 2 · siblings with Schilbung “By this here's hand were slain the bold Nibelungs, Schilbung and Nibelung, sons of a mighty king.”

son of a mighty king · first appears Adventure III · How Siegfried Came to Worms · Part 2

Adventure III · How Siegfried Came to Worms · Part 2 · enemies with Siegfried “By this here's hand were slain the bold Nibelungs, Schilbung and Nibelung, sons of a mighty king.”
Adventure III · How Siegfried Came to Worms · Part 2 · siblings with Nibelung “By this here's hand were slain the bold Nibelungs, Schilbung and Nibelung, sons of a mighty king.”

knight · first appears Adventure XXXIX · How Gunther And Hagen And Kriemhild Were Slain · Part 1

Adventure XXXIX · How Gunther And Hagen And Kriemhild Were Slain · Part 1 · enemies with Hagen “Who was it sate upon a shield hard by the Waskstone, when Walter of Spain slew so many of his kin?”

daughter of Rudeger and Gotelind; betrothed to Giselher · first appears Adventure XXVII · How They Came To Bechelaren · Part 2

Adventure XXVII · How They Came To Bechelaren · Part 2 · married with Giselher “Then the heroes brought to pass that the noble Giselher took her to wife, as did well befit a king.”
Adventure XXVII · How They Came To Bechelaren · Part 2 · parent: Rudeger “To Giselher he had given his comely daughter;”

Etzel's father · first appears Adventure XXI · How Kriemhild Journeyed To The Huns · Part 2

Adventure XXI · How Kriemhild Journeyed To The Huns · Part 2 · child: Etzel “Shall I and Botelung's son remain alive and well, it may be lief to you that ye have seen me here.”

queen · first appears Adventure XX · How King Etzel Sent To Burgundy For Kriemhild · Part 1

Adventure XX · How King Etzel Sent To Burgundy For Kriemhild · Part 1 · married with Etzel “Since fair Helca was dead, they spake: ‘Would ye gain a noble wife, the highest and the best king ever won, then take this same lady; the stalwart Siegfried was her husband.’”

first appears Adventure XXXV · How Iring Was Slain · Part 2

Adventure XXXV · How Iring Was Slain · Part 2 · enemies with Folker “Bold Irnfried rushed at the minstrel, but gained great damage at his hands.”

king · first appears Adventure XXII · How Etzel Made Kriemhild His Bride · Part 2

Adventure XXII · How Etzel Made Kriemhild His Bride · Part 2 · child: Herrat “the betrothed of Dietrich, a royal child, King Nentwin's daughter;”

mermaid of the Danube · first appears Adventure XXV · How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns · Part 2

Adventure XXV · How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns · Part 2 · elder kin: Hadburg “For the sake of her weeds mine aunt hath lied to thee.”

knight · first appears Adventure XXVII · How They Came To Bechelaren · Part 3

Adventure XXVII · How They Came To Bechelaren · Part 3 · enemies with Nudung “She thought full dearly on Nudung's death, whom Wittich had slain; from this she felt the stress of sorrow.”

first appears Adventure XXV · How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns · Part 2

Adventure XXV · How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns · Part 2 · younger kin: Siegelind (mermaid) “For the sake of her weeds mine aunt hath lied to thee.”

knight · first appears Adventure XXVII · How They Came To Bechelaren · Part 3

Adventure XXVII · How They Came To Bechelaren · Part 3 · enemies with Wittich “She thought full dearly on Nudung's death, whom Wittich had slain; from this she felt the stress of sorrow.”

Extracted from the original text of The Nibelungenlied. Made with Rho MD.