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Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen was composed over the course of about twenty-six years, from 1848 to 1874. Die Nibelungen is a two-part fantasy film created by Fritz Lang in 1924. Die Nibelungen is a film remake in two parts, 1966/67 by Harald Reinl/Harald G. Petersson. Ring of the Nibelungs is a 2004 TV film directed by ...
The material of the Nibelungen saga has continued to inspire new adaptations. These include Die Nibelungen, a German remake of Fritz Lang's film from 1966/67, and the television film Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King from 2004. However, the majority of popular adaptations of the material today in film, computer games, comic books, etc., are not ...
The poem's attention turns to the treasure of the dwarfs (the so-called Nibelung hoard). The monster's attack frightens the two sons of Nybling [=Nibelung] (anotther son being Eugel) to transport the treasure and hide it in the wall of the cave-hole, and as already foreshadowed, [21] Seyfrid will find and obtain the treasure. [22] [23]
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924) Kriemhild tries to win over the people of Burgundy to help her exact revenge against Hagen, to whom her brothers have sworn allegiance. Kriemhild bribes the people with money and treasure from the Nibelungen hoard.
Alberich plays a prominent role in the Nibelungenlied, where he is the guardian of the Nibelung's treasure and has the strength of twelve men. Siegfried overpowers him using his cloak of invisibility (Tarnkappe), after which the dwarf serves the hero. Siegfried later pulls his beard in mock combat when he arrives unannounced to claim the ...
He rescues the princess and slays the dragon, finding the treasure of the Nibelungen inside the mountain. Eugel prophesies, however, the Siegfried only has eight years to live. Realizing he will not be able to use the treasure, Siegfried dumps the treasure into the Rhine on his way to Worms.
Up to 2007, there was a virtual “Treasure Chamber” in the museum's “Myth Lab” – a real time projection of pictures of the treasure of the Nibelungs and the city of Worms with its buildings and monuments. Beneath the chamber, the museum built the “Worldground” (Weltengrund), where new pictures and sounds were produced constantly.
The original Nibelung was a mythical guardian of a treasure. After his death the various subsequent owners of the treasure called themselves Nibelungs. At its core the novel discusses revenge, assassination and assimilation. Various subplots feature magical creatures, feudal traditions, tourneys and early medieval warfare.