Epic poem · c. 1230–1240
Gudrun
A Mediaeval Epic
Translated by Mary Pickering Nichols (1889)
The Middle High German epic of Kudrun, the Hegeling princess abducted by Hartmut and held captive for thirteen years until her kin come to win her back, in thirty-two tales of four-line stanzas, rendered into English verse by Mary Pickering Nichols.
Contents · 32 parts
- Tale I: How Hagen Was Carried Off by the Griffinabout 260 lines
- Tale II: How Hagen Slew the Griffinabout 190 lines
- Tale III: How Hagen Sailed to His Homeabout 150 lines
- Tale IV: How Hagen Was Met by His Father and Motherabout 210 lines
- Tale V: How Wâ-te Was Sent to Ireland as a Suitorabout 670 lines
- Tale VI: How Sweetly Horant Sangabout 270 lines
- Tale VII: How the Maidens Came to See the Ship, and Were Carried to Hettel’s Kingdomabout 190 lines
- Tale VIII: How Hagen Followed His Daughterabout 300 lines
- Tale IX: How Gudrun Was Sought by Siegfried96 lines
- Tale X: How Hartmut Sent to Woo Gudrunabout 120 lines
- Tale XI: How Herwic Sent to Seek Gudrun and How Hartmut Came Himself52 lines
- Tale XII: How Herwic Made War on Hettel, and How Gudrun Was Betrothed to Himabout 150 lines
- Tale XIII: How Siegfried Made War Against Herwicabout 230 lines
- Tale XIV: How Hettel Sent Tidings from Herwic’s Landabout 110 lines
- Tale XV: How Hartmut Carried Away Gudrunabout 230 lines
- Tale XVI: How Hilda Sent to Hettel and Herwic to Ask Their Help Against Hartmutabout 150 lines
- Tale XVII: How Hettel Came to the Wulpensand in Search of His Daughterabout 130 lines
- Tale XVIII: How Ludwig Slew Hettel, and Stole Away in the Nightabout 160 lines
- Tale XIX: How the Hegelings Went Home to Their Own Landabout 130 lines
- Tale XX: How Hartmut Went Home to Normandyabout 360 lines
- Tale XXI: How Gudrun Must Wash Clothes on the Beachabout 120 lines
- Tale XXII: How Hilda Made War to Bring Back Her Daughterabout 280 lines
- Tale XXIII: How Hilda’s Warriors Landed in Sight of Hartmut’s Kingdom92 lines
- Tale XXIV: How Their Coming Was Made Known to Gudrunabout 170 lines
- Tale XXV: How Herwic and Ortwin Found Gudrunabout 510 lines
- Tale XXVI: How the Hegelings Landed Near Ludwig’s Castleabout 120 lines
- Tale XXVII: How Ludwig and Hartmut Met the Hegelingsabout 300 lines
- Tale XXVIII: How Herwic Slew Ludwigabout 210 lines
- Tale XXIX: How Hartmut Was Taken Prisonerabout 270 lines
- Tale XXX: How Gudrun Was Brought Home to Hildaabout 420 lines
- Tale XXXI: How the Four Kings Were Wedded in Hilda’s Landabout 120 lines
- Tale XXXII: How They All Went to Their Homes40 lines