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Love and Death is Jim Staack’s
translation and interpretation, in prose form, of the first part
of the classic Germanic epic poem, Das Nibelungenlied (the Song
of the Nibelungen).
A poem, unfortunately, little known in most of the world today.
Love and Death is a story of love, of how Sivrit, the legendary
dragon slayer, wins his bride, Kriemhilt, the beautiful princess
of Burgonden and how Gunther, king of Burgonden wins his bride,
Prunhilt, the wonderful queen of Iceland.
It is a story of friendship and valor, of how Sivrit and Gunther
become friends and how Sivrit helps Gunther on the battlefield
and in his wooing of Prunhilt.
It is a story of jealousy, of Prunhilt’s jealousy of Kriemhilt,
and the jealousy of Hagene, Gunther’s closest aid, of Sivrit.
Finally, it is a story of betrayal, of how a fight between
Kriemhilt and Prunhilt leads to the murder of Sivrit at the
hands of Gunther and Hagene. It is a story of love and death.
But much more!
It is a window into the past.
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