Definition of Nibelung

1. Noun. (German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried.

Category relationships: Mythology, Teuton
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

2. Noun. (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried.
Category relationships: Mythology, Teuton
Generic synonyms: Dwarf, Gnome

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nibelung

Nguyen
Nguyen Tat Thanh
Ngwa
Nheengatu
Ni
Ni-hard
Ni-hard iron
Ni-resist
Ni-resist iron
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Niagaras
Niall
Niamey
Nibelung (current term)
Nibelungenlied
Nibiru
Nibley
Nicaea
Nicaean
Nican Tlaca
Nicandra
Nicandra physaloides
Nicaragua
Nicaragua wood
Nicaraguan
Nicaraguan Sign Language
Nicaraguan capital
Nicaraguan monetary unit

Literary usage of Nibelung

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"THE Nibelung TREASURE IN ENGLISH. References to the Nibelung story are not frequent in earl English literature, and they are all old (Beowulf, ..."

2. The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art Based Originally on by Charles Mills Gayley, Thomas Bulfinch (1911)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE RING OF THE Nibelung 284. Wagner's Tetralogy. In his famous Ring of the Nibelung the German composer, Richard Wagner, returns to the Norse ..."

3. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"THE Nibelung TREASURE IN ENGLISH. References to the Nibelung story are not frequent in early English literature, and they are all old (Beowulf, ..."

4. The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of Egyptian by Delphian Society (1913)
"THE TETRALOGY OF THE RING OF THE Nibelung. The plot of the Ring of the Nibelung is one of the most involved of all Wagner's music-dramas. ..."

5. Wagner and His Works: The Story of His Life, with Critical Comments by Henry Theophilus Finck (1893)
"Nibelung THEATRE AND INVISIBLE ORCHESTRA From Villa Wahnfried to the Nibelung Theatre we can walk comfortably in half an hour. ..."

6. The Opera Goers' Complete Guide: Comprising Two Hundred and Twenty-nine by Leo Leop Melitz, Richard Salinger (1913)
"THE RING OF THE Nibelung An operatic representation in three days and an introduction ... As they swim about, to them comes the dwarf Alberich, a Nibelung ..."

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