Kriemhild

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Nibelungenlied character character in Germanic heroic legend legendary figure literary character mythological princess

Kriemhild is a legendary Burgundian princess from Germanic heroic literature, best known from the Nibelungenlied for her tragic transformation from a loving wife into a vengeful figure seeking retribution for her husband Siegfried’s death.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Grimhild 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nibelungenlied character ⓘ
character in Germanic heroic legend ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
mythological princess ⓘ
associatedWith Burgundian court at Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ
court of Etzel NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Germanic oral tradition ⓘ
centralEvent Siegfried's murder ⓘ
massacre at Etzel's hall ⓘ
characterType avenging woman ⓘ
tragic heroine ⓘ
culture Germanic ⓘ
enemy Burgundian warriors at Etzel's court ⓘ
Hagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity Burgundian ⓘ
father King Dancrat NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Dankrat NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
homeLocation Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later German literature ⓘ
operas based on Nibelung material ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Middle High German NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryTradition German heroic epic ⓘ
Norse heroic legend ⓘ
mother Uote NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivation revenge for Siegfried's death ⓘ
narrativeArc transformation from loving wife to vengeful widow ⓘ
notableWork Kudrun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nibelungenlied NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poetic Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prose Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thidrekssaga NERFINISHED ⓘ
otherName Chriemhild NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grimhild NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gudrun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kriemhilt NERFINISHED ⓘ
role avenger of Siegfried ⓘ
princess of Burgundy ⓘ
queen ⓘ
sibling Gernot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giselher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunther NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Etzel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouseInNibelungenlied Etzel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Die Nibelungen → mainCharacter → Kriemhild ⓘ
subject surface form: Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
Nibelungenlied → mainCharacter → Kriemhild ⓘ
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs → mainCharacter → Kriemhild ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grimhild