University College, Toronto, September, 1904.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

I. THE NIBELUNGEN SAGA.

1. Origin of the Saga.
2. The Northern Form of the Saga.
3. The Saga as Preserved in the Nibelungenlied.
4. Mythical Element and Historical Element.

II. THE NIBELUNGENLIED.

1. The Manuscripts.
2. Stages in the Evolution of the Poem.
3. Character of the Poem.
4. Later Forms of the Saga.
5. Poem and Saga in Modern Literature.
6. Modern German Translations.
7. English Translations.
8. Editions of the Nibelungenlied.

THE NIBELUNGENLIED.

FIRST ADVENTURE: Kriemhild's Dream.