The Lay of the Nibelungs/Index of Proper Names
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
The numbers refer to the Stanzas.
Alberich. A dwarf-king in Nibelung-land, from whom Siegfried won the Treasure and the Hood of Invisibility, 96, 493, 1117, etc.
Aldrian. Father of Hagen and Dankwart, 1534, etc.
Almerich. a Danubian hero, 1548, etc.
Amelungs. A clan of which Dietrich of Bern was chieftain, 2247, 2259. The Amali are known to history as an Ostrogothic tribe, descended from Amala the tenth ancestor of Theodoric the Great. Vide Gibbon, ch. x.
Arras, 1825.
Astold. A lord in Medlick, 1329.
Azagang. A mythical Eastern land, 439.
Balmung. The name of Siegfried's sword, 95, 207, 1798, 2347, etc.
Bechelaren. Pochlarn on the Danube, 1147.
Bern. Verona, 1718, etc.
Bloedelin, or Bloedel. Etzel's brother. Bleda is the historical name of Attila's brother, 1346, 1879, etc.
Botlung. Father of Etzel, 1314, 1372. Attila’s father is named in history Mundzuk.
Brunhilda (Brunhilt). Queen of “Iceland” and wife of Gunther, 329, etc.
Burgundia, or Burgundy. A country on the middle Rhine, 2, etc.
Dankrat. Husband of Uté, and father of the Burgundian kings and Kriemhild, 7.
Dankwart. Hagen’s younger brother, 9, etc.
Dietrich. Lord of Bern, living with Etzel in banishment; identified with Theodoric, the great Ostrogothic conqueror and ruler of Italy, 1719, etc.
Eckewart. Margrave of the Burgundian kingdom; afterwards attending on Kriemhilda, 9, 700, 1101, 1283, 1398, 1632, etc.
Else. Lord of the marches on the right bank of the Danube in Bavaria, 1545, 1603, etc.
Ense. The river Ens, 1301.
Etzel. Son of Botelung, and king of the Huns, known in history as Attila, 2, etc.
Etzelburg. Etzel’s residence, Ofen, in Hungary, 1379.
Everdingen. Efferding on the Danube, 1302.
Gelfrat. A Bavarian noble, brother of Else, 1546, 1602, etc.
Gerbart. One of Dietrich’s followers, 2281, 2323.
Gere. A margrave and kinsman of the Burgundian kings, 9, etc., 741.
Gernot. The second son of Dankrat and Uté, 4, etc.
Gibeche. A king at Etzel’s court, 1343, 1352, 1880.
Giselher. The youngest son of Dankrat and Uté, 4, etc.
Gotelinda. The wife of Rüdeger of Bechelaren, 1159, 1649, etc.
Gran. A residence of Etzel’s, 1497.
Gunther. The eldest of the three Burgundian kings, 4, etc. Also the name of Siegfried’s and Kriemhilda’s infant son, 716, 780.
Hadburga (Hadeburc). One of the two mermaids of the Danube, to whom Hagen spoke, 1535.
Hagen. Lord of Troneg or Tronjé, elder son of Aldrian, brother of Dankwart, and a kinsman of the Burgundian kings, 9, etc.; appearance described, 1734.
Haward (Háwart). A Danish prince living at Etzel’s court, 1807, 2031, 2073, etc.
Heimburg. An ancient town in Hungary, on the Austrian border, 1376.
Helka (Helche). Etzel’s first wife, known to history as Erca, 1143, 1381, etc.
Helmnot. One of Dietrich’s men, 2261.
Helfrich (Helpfrich). One of Dietrich’s men, 2241, 2261, 2291, etc.
Herrat. Daughter of Nantwin and of Helka’s sister, 1381.
Hildebrand. An old retainer and master in arms of Dietrich, 1718, 2271, etc.
Hildegund. A young lady, formerly at Etzel’s court, 1756.
Hornboge. One of Etzel’s men, 1344, 1880.
Hunold. Chamberlain of the Burgundian kings, 10, etc.
Hunsland. Equivalent to Hungary, passim.
Iceland (Isenland or Island). Brunhilda’s country. Literally “the iron land,” identical in name, if not in position, with the modern Iceland. See Adv. vi, 418, 550, 580. By some it is identified with Ysselland, the province of Upper Yssel.
Iring (Irinc). Described as a liegeman of Haward, a Danish lord living at Etzel’s court, 1807, 2031, etc.
Irnfried. A landgrave of Thuringia, at Etzel’s court, 1804, 2031, 2070, etc.
Isenstein. Brunhilda’s castle, 384.
Kief (Kiewe). A city in Russia, 1340.
Kriemhilda (Kriemhilt). Daughter of Dankrat and Uté, 2, etc.
Ludegast. King of Denmark, 140, etc.
Ludeger. Prince of Saxony, brother of Ludegast, 140, etc.
Lochheim (Loche). The place on the Rhine where the Nibelung Hoard was sunk, 1137.
Medlick. Molk in Austria, 1328.
Miesenburg. Wieselburg on the Danube, 1377.
Moeringen. A place on the Danube below Pföringen, 1591.
Mautern. In Austria, on the Danube, 1329.
Nantwin. Herrat’s father, 1381.
Nibelung. The first-mentioned possessor of the hoard, and of the sword Balmung. His sons were Nibelung and Schilbung, and his stronghold is located in Norway, 87, 739.
Nibelungs. The sons of Nibelung and their men, 87, 580. The name afterwards seems to be applied to the possessors of the hoard and finally to the Burgundians, 617, 1523, 1715, 1726, 1737, 1900, 2379.
Nibelung-Land, 484, 524, 778.
Nudung. Son of Gotelinda, described as slain by Witege, 1699, 1903, 1907, etc.
Ortlieb. The son of Etzel and Kriemhilda, killed by Hagen, 1388, 1913, 1961, etc.
Ortwein, of Metz. Nephew of Hagen and high sewer to the Burgundian kings, 9, 11, 81, etc.
Passau. A city on the Danube, 1296, 1627.
Petschnegen. The name of a place or tribe (Pescenære) tributary to Etzel, 1340.
Pfoering (Vergen). A place on the Danube below Ingoldstadt, 1291.
Pilgerin, or Pilgrim. A bishop of Passau, who is represented as the uncle of the Burgundian kings and of Kriemhilda, 1428, 1628. The actual Bishop of Passau of that name held the see from 971-991.
Ramung. A duke of Wallachia at Etzel’s court, 1343, 1880.
Richart. One of Dietrich’s men, 2281.
Rüdeger. Margrave of Bechelaren, 1147, 1630, etc.
Rumold. Kitchen-master to the Burzundian kings, 10, etc.
Santen, or Xanten. On the Lower Rhine, the dwelling-place of Siegmund, 20, 708.
Schilbung. One of the Nibelung brothers, 87, 721.
Schwanefeld. A district in Franconia, north of the Danube, 1525.
Schwemmelin. A fiddler of King Etzel’s, sent with Werbelin as envoy to Worms, 1374, 1412.
Scrutan. A knight at Etzel’s court, 1880.
Siegelind (Sigelint}. One of the mermaids encountered by Hagen, 1539.
Siegestab. Dietrich’s nephew, described as a duke from Bern, 2258, 2284, etc.
Siegfried. Son of Siegmund, 21, etc. Also the name of the infant son of Gunther and Brunhild, 719.
Sieglind (Sigelint). Wife of Siegmund, and mother of Siegfried, 20, etc.
Siegmund (Siegemunt). King of Netherland, father of Siegfried, 20, etc.
Sindold. Cup-bearer to the Burgundian kings, 10, 11.
Spessart. A well-known forest in N.W. Bavaria, 967.
Spires. An aged bishop of that see is mentioned, 1508.
Tarnhelm. The Hood of Invisibility taken by Siegfried from the Niblungs, 97, 337.
Thuringia, 1345, 1877.
Traisen. A river in Austria, upon which, at its confluence with the Danube, stands Traisenmauer, the abode of Queen Helka, 1331, 1332.
Tronjé, or Troneg. The birth-place of Hagen, 9, etc.
Traun. A tributary of the Danube, 1304.
Tulna (Tuln). A town on the Danube, 1341, 1361.
Uté (Uote), Wife of Dankrat, and mother of the three kings and Kriemhild, 7, etc.
Vaske (Waske). The name of Iring’s sword, 2051.
Vaske-Rock (Waskensteine). A rock in the Vosges or Waskenwalde, 2344.
Volker, of Alsace. A vassal of the Burgandian kings, called “the Fiddler” from his skill in music, 9, etc., 1477, 1584, 1652, 1833, etc.
Walther, of Spain. A boy who was brought up as a hostage at Etzel’s court, and afterwards fled with Hildegund, 1756, 1797, 2344.
Waskenwalde. The Vosges, 911.
Werbelin. A fiddler or minstrel of King Erzel’s; fellow-envoy with Schwemmelin, 1374, 1413, 1964.
Wichart. One of Dietrich’s men, 2281, 2323.
Witege. The slayer of Nudung, 1699.
Wolfhart. One of Dietrich’s men, nephew of Hildebrand, 1719, 1807, 2239, 2292, etc.
Wolfbrand. One of Dietrich’s men, 2261, 2281, 2322, etc.
Wolfwin. One of Dietrich’s men, 2259, 2278, 2322.
Zazamang (Zazamanc). A town, presumably in the east, famed for silk, 362.
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