{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/lr/lr12.htm","path":"neu/lr/lr12.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/lr/lr12.htm","text":"For clarity, I've changed subheadings in the index from numerals to italicized lowercase letters, e.g. a., b., c.--JBH\nA\nAAR. Tributary of the Rhine, 6\nABELING, T. And the historical theory of the origin of the Nibelungenlied, 307\nABRAHAM. A Jew; in the legend of the Treasure-seeker, 137\nACRE. The city, in Syria, 171\nADALBERT, Lord of Ehrenfels; in a legend of Bishop Hatto, 209-211\nADELINE. Daughter of Sir Bodo of Fl\u00f6rsheim; in the legend of the Shepherd Knight, 244-248\nADOLF. Duke of Holland; a claimant to the German throne after the death of Conrad IV, 181\nADUCHT, SIR. A knight of Cologne; in the legend of the White Horses, 118-120\nAEGIDIUS. A Roman general; elected King of the Franks, 25-26\nAGATHE. A maiden; in a legend of Aix-la-Chapelle, 128-129\nAGRIPPUS. A German prince; in the legend of St. Ursula, 75-77\nAIX-LA-CHAPELLE. The city; Charlemagne's tomb at, 29, 40; Charlemagne's affection for, 40; legends of, 127-133; Charlemagne's capital, 127; the legend of the Cathedral of, 129-133; mentioned, 176\nALBERICH. In the Nibelungenlied, a dwarf; vanquished by Siegfried, 268, 271\nALBERTUS MAGNUS. A famous magician; in the legend of the Magic Banquet, 120-121\nALCHEMIST, THE. A legend of Stolzenfels, 164-168\nALCHEMY. A common pursuit in the Middle Ages, 164; in a legend of Stolzenfels, 164-168\nALEMANNI. Early inhabitants of the Rhine-country, 15, 23, 24; conflicts with the Romans, 23\nALFONSO X. King of Castile; a claimant to the German throne after the death of Conrad IV, 181\nALPHERE, In Walthar of Aquitaine, King of Aquitaine; yields to Attila, 311\nALSACE. The province; Germany cedes, under the Peace of Westphalia, 51\nALSACE-LORRAINE. The province restored to Germany, 51-52\nALTA VILLA. Roman station which afterward became the town of Elfeld, 225\nALTAR OF BACCHUS. A stone in the Rhine near Bacharach; a superstition connected with, 89\nALTD\u00d6RFER, ALBRECHT. Painter the gruesome element in his work, 105\nAMELRICH. A hero; in the Nibelungenlied, Hagen pretends to be, 288-289\nAMELUNG. A knight at the court of Dietrich of Bern, 259\nAMINA. Daughter of a robber-baron; in a legend of F\u00fcrstenberg, 189-192\nANDERNACH. The town; claimed as the home of the Merovingians, 25; Childeric before, 26; a legend of the castle of, 82.84; Sigebert has his court at, 174\nANDWARI. In the Volsunga Saga, a dwarf from whom Loki obtained the treasure of the Nibelungs, 299\nAQUITAINE. The province; in Walthar of Aquitaine, Attila invades, 311; Walthar reaches, and rules over, 319-320\nAQUITAINE, WALTHAR OF. See Walthar of Aquitaine.\nARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE. At the trial of the maiden Lorelei, 62-63\nARCHBISHOP'S LION, THE. A legend of Cologne, 115-118\nARCHITECT OF COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, THE. The legend, 78, 104-108\nARGENFELS. The castle of; a legend of, 87-88\nARMINIUS. Teutonic chieftain; defeats the Romans under Q. Varus, 21-22\nARTHUR. The English king; parallel between Dietrich of Bern and, 258\nATLI. In the Volsunga Saga, King of the Huns, the same as Attila and Etzel; Brunhild prophesies that Gudrun will marry, 303; Gudrun marries, 304; covets the Rhinegold and endeavours to learn its whereabouts from Gunnar, 304; causes Gunnar to be put to death, 305; slain, 305. See also Attila and Etzel\nATTILA. King of the Huns, the same as Atli and Etzel; in Walther of Aquitaine, 311-314. See also Atli and Etzel\nAUERBACH. The castle of; the legend of the Cooper of, 255-257\nAUGSBURG. The city, 50\nAUGUSTUS. The Emperor; and the Germanic tribes, 20\nAURELIAN. Roman Emperor; subdues the Rhenish peoples, 23\nAUSTRASIA. The kingdom of, 28; incorporated with Franconia, 28\nAUSTRIA. Archduke of; C\u0153ur-de-Lion imprisoned in Trifels Castle by, 337\nB\nBACHARACH. The town; the maiden Lorelei dwelt in, 61; the 'Altar of Bacchus,' near, 89; the castle of Sch\u00f6nburg near, 183; the island of Pfalz near, 185\nBADEN. The city, 340\nBALDWIN. In the Song of the Saxons, one of Charlemagne's knights, 30; is loved by and marries Sebile and is crowned King of Saxony, 31-32; fights against the Saxons and is killed in battle, 33-35\nBALMUNG. In the Nibelungenlied, Hagen's mighty sword, 296\nBALTHER, SIR. A knight of Truenfels; a legend of, 122-124\nBARON'S RASH OATH, THE. A legend of Okkenfels, 154-158\nBASEL. a. The city, 6; St. Ursula at, 76; the citizens of, and the wonderful clock of Strassburg, 344-345. b. Treaty of--see Treaty\nBASINA. Queen of Thuringia, wife of Basium, 26; becomes Childeric's queen, 26; predicts to Childeric the fall of the Merovingians, 26-27\nBASIUM. King of Thuringia, 25\nBATAVII. Early Germanic tribe, 20\nBAVARIA. Acquires Rhenish territory as a result of the Congress of Vienna, 51; Gunther and Hagen pass through, on their journey to Attila's court at Vienna, 290\nBAYER, SIR CONRAD. A knight of Boppard; a legend of, 168-171\nBECHLARN. a. The town; R\u00fcdiger of--see R\u00fcdiger; in the Klage, Attila's messengers at, with tidings of the tragedy, 309. b. The castle of; in the Nibelungenlied, Kriemhild at, 285; Gunther and Hagen at, 290\nBEDDOE, J. On the early Germanic people, 14-15\nBEETHOVEN. The composer; a native of Bonn, 133\nBERARD. In the Song of the Saxons, one of Charlemagne's knights, 30; marries Helissend, 32; killed by Feramor, 34\nBERGEN. The city; the executioner of, in a legend of Frankfort, 252-253\nBERN. The city; Dietrich of--see Dietrich; mentioned, 260, 261\nBERNARD. Abbot of Clairvaux; in a legend of Rosebach, 143-144\nBERTHA. The bride of Sir Dietrich of Schwarzenbeck; in a legend of Argenfels, 87-88\nBIBERICH. The town; a legend of the palace of, 239-242\nBINGEN. The town; the most romantic portion of the Rhine valley begins at, 6; the Mouse Tower near, 206\nBIRBACH. The town, 253\nBISMARCK, PRINCE. A story of, and Die Wacht am Rhein, 3-4\nBLACK KNIGHT, THE. In the legend of the Knave of Bergen, 252-253\nBLIND ARCHER, THE. A legend of F\u00fcrstenberg, 192-195\nBLODELIN. In the Nibelungenlied, a Hunnish warrior; bribed by\n[paragraph continues] Kriemhild to attack Dankwart, 92\nBLONDEL. English knight; rescues Richard C\u0153ur-de-Lion from Trifels Castle, 337-339\nBLUMENBERG CASTLE. In the legend of Osric the Lion, 237\nBODEL, JEAN. Thirteenth-century French poet; his Song of the Saxons, 29\nBODO, SIR. Lord of Fl\u00f6rsheim in the legend of the Shepherd Knight, 244-248\nBOER, R. C. And the historical theory of the origin of the Nibelungenlied, 307, 308\nBONN. The city, 7; a legend of, 133-136; in the legend of the Treasure-seeker, 137; in the legend of the Miller's Maid of Udorf, 141\nBOPPARD. The town; a legend of, 168-171\nBORBETOMAGUS. Ancient name of Worms, 13\nBORNHOFEN. The monastery of, 171\nBRABANT. The Duke of; in the Lohengrin legend, 92\nBRAUSER, HANS, GRAF VON. In a legend of R\u00fcdesheim, 213-214\nBREMEN. The city; in the Hanseatic League, 50\nBR\u00d6MSER. Knight; in a legend of R\u00fcdesheim, 215-216\n'BROTHERS, THE.' The castles of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg called, 171\nBRUNHILD, or BRYNHILD. a. In the Nibelungenlied, Queen of Isenstein; Gunther sets out to win, with the help of Siegfried, 270; the story of Siegfried and, is different in the Scandinavian versions, 270; Siegfried's encounter with, and defeat of, 271-273; again overcome by Siegfried, 274; loses her superhuman strength on marriage, 275; quarrels with Kriemhild over precedence, 275. b. In the Volsunga Saga, one of the Valkyrs, 270, 300; imprisoned on the mountain Hindarfjall, and rescued by Sigurd, 300; wedded to Gunnar, 301; quarrels with Gudrun, 302; attempts to take Gunnar's life, 303; plans Sigurd's death, 302-303; slays herself, 303; regarded as a nature goddess, 307; identified with Brunichildis by Abeling, 307. c. In the Klage, the news of the tragedy carried to, by Swemmelin, 309, 310;\nBRUNHILD BED. A place near Frankfort, 298\nBRUNICHILDIS, or BRUNHILD A. Queen of Frankish Austrasia; Brunhild identified with, by Abeling, 307\nBUDLI. In the Volsunga Saga, father of Brunhild, 301; the brother of, slain by Gunnar, 302\nBURGUNDIANS, THE. Siegfried sojourns among, at Worms, and helps against the Danes and Saxons, 269; synonymous with the Nibelungs when the Nibelungen treasure enters Burgundy, 284; the Huns and, in Walther of Aquitaine, 311\nBURGUNDY. The province, 202, 260\nC\nCAESAR. See Julius\nCAMILLO. In Walther of Aquitaine, the prefect of Metz; parleys with Walthar, 315-316\nCAMP. The town; supposed to be a Roman site, 171\nCARLOMAN. Nephew of Osric the Lion; in a legend of Falkenstein Castle, 237-239\nCAROLINGIANS. The dynasty founded by Charlemagne, 28 end of the dynasty, 41\nCAUB, or CHAUBE. a. Ancient name of Gutenfels, which see. b. The modern town, 179\nCELTS. Early inhabitants of the Rhine-country, 13-14\nCHALONS-SUR-MARNE. The city, 311\nCHARCOAL-BURNER, THE. A legend of Z\u00e4hringen, 351-354\nCHARLEMAGNE. The Emperor, 28-29; his tomb at Aix-la-Chapelle, 29, 40; a story of his wars with the Saxons, 29-37; the story of the wonderful gem and, 37-40; at the shrine of St. Goar, 176-177; apportions his Empire among his sons, 177-178; a legend of,\nassociated with Ingelheim, 218-225; said to have founded the city of Frankfort-on-the-Main, 248\nCHARLEMAGNE THE ROBBER. A legend of Ingelheim, 218-225\nCHARLES THE BALD. Emperor of the Romans, 41\nCHARLES THE FAT. Emperor of the Romans, 41\nCHATTI. Germanic tribe; in the Frankish confederacy, 23\nCHAUCI. Germanic tribe; in the Frankish confederacy, 23\nCHERUSCI. Germanic tribe, 21; in the Frankish confederacy, 23\nCHEVALIER AU CYGNE, LE. A French version of the Lohengrin legend, 92\nCHILDERIC I. King of the Franks, son of Merovig, 25; his vision of the fall of the Merovingians, 26-27\nCHILPERIC I. King of the Franks, 24-25\nCHRISTIANITY. A legend of, 331-333\nCLEVES. The castle of; in the Lohengrin legend, Elsa of Brabant imprisoned in, 92-93\nCLOCKMAKER OF STRASSBURG, THE. The legend of, 342-346\nCLODIO. Reputed father of Merovig, 25\nCLOVIS I. King of the Franks, 28\nCOBLENTZ. The city; the junction of the Rhine and Aar at, 6; the island and nunnery of Oberw\u00f6rth near, 158, 159; Charlemagne at, 176\nCOIRE. The town; the Nearer and Farther Rhine unite near, 5\nCOLOGNE. a. The city, 7, 20, 29; the Heinzelm\u00e4nnchen associated with, 74-75; in the legend of St. Ursula, 76-77; the legend of the Architect of the cathedral of, 104-108; legends explaining why the building of the cathedral was never completed, 108-112; the legend of the Fire-bell of, 112-114; becomes a free city, 115; the legend of the Archbishop's Lion, 115-118; the legend of the White Horses, 118-120; the legend of the Magic Banquet, 120-122; the legend of Truenfels, 122-125; a tourney at, in the legend of Gutenfels, 179-180, 182. b. Bishop of; in the legend of Truenfels, 122-123. c. Archbishop of; in the legend of Gutenfels, 179\nCOMAN, PRINCE. Husband of St. Ursula, 76-77\nCOMPANY OF FORESTERS, THE. A guild; in a legend of Frankfort, 250\nCONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE. A League of Rhenish cities German princes join and repudiate their allegiance to the Empire, 51\nCONFERENCE OF THE DEAD, THE. A legend of Biberich, 239-242\nCONGRESS OF VIENNA. Conference of Great Powers; Rhenish territory restored to Prussia as a result of, 51\nCONRAD. a. A son of Kurt; in the legend of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, 172-174. b. Brother of the Emperor Ludwig; imprisoned in the castle of Ehrenfels, 209\nCONRAD I. King of Germany, 41\nCONRAD III. King of Germany, 85\nCONRAD IV. King of Germany; dispute as to the succession to, 181\nCONSTANCE. a. Lake, 6, 163. b. The town, 6\nCONSTANTINE. Roman Emperor; the vision of, occurred at Mainz, 227-228\nCONSTANTINOPLE. The city, 173\nCOOPER OF AUERBACH, THE. The legend of, 73, 255-257, 324\nCORNWALL, EARL OF. See Richard\nCOUNT PALATINE. Ruler of the Palatinate, 42-43\nCRANACH, LUCAS. The painter; the gruesome element in his work, 105\nCRESCENTIUS. One of the first apostles of Christianity on the Rhine, and first Archbishop of Mainz; martyred at Mainz, 227\nCRUSADE, THIRD, 168\nCRUSADER, THE. In Rhenish legend, 79\nCUNO. Nephew of the Dean of\n[paragraph continues] Strassburg; in a legend of Windeck, 329-331\nCYRIACUS, POPE. In the legend of St. Ursula, 76-77\nD\nDANCE OF DEATH. Supposed to be imposed on maidens who die between betrothal and marriage, 162\nDANCERS OF RAMERSDORF, THE. The legend of, 145-146\nDANES, THE. In the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried helps the Burgundians against, 269; the king of, slain by Gunnar, 302\nDANKWART. In the Nibelungenlied, brother of Hagen; accompanies Gunther and Siegfried on the quest for the hand of Brunhild, 270-271; Kriemhild bribes Blodelin to attack, 292; slain, 294\nDANUBE. The river; in the Nibelungenlied, Hagen arrives at, and speaks with the swan-maidens of, 286-288; Hagen's crossing of, 288-290\nDARIA. Wife of Vionest, King of Britain, and mother of St. Ursula, 75\nDARMSTADT. The town; a legend of, 253-255\nDEVIL, THE. In Teutonic legend, 78. See Satan\nDEVIL'S LADDER, THE. See Kedrich\nDEVIL'S STONE, THE. A massive stone in Cologne Cathedral, 109\nDEVIL'S VINEYARD, THE. A legend of Worms, 261-263, 324\nDIETELINT. See Dietlinde\nDIETHER. a. A captain of the guard of Graf Ludwig; attempts to capture the Lorelei, 60-61. b. Heinrich's accomplice; in the legend of the Miller's Maid of Udorf, 140-141\nDIETLEIB OF STYRIA. A knight of Dietrich of Bern's court; in the legend of the Rose Garden of Worms, 260\nDIETLINDE, or DIETELINT. Daughter of R\u00fcdiger of Bechlarn; in the Nibelungenlied, 285; in the Klage, 309-310\nDIETRICH OF BERN. King of the Goths; the King Arthur of German story, 258; a figure in many medieval stories, 258, 266 originally, as Theodoric the Ostrogoth, a genuine historical personage, 258; in the legend of the Rose Garden of Worms, 258261; in the Nibelungenlied, probably an interpolation in the original legend, 266; in the Nibelungenlied, with Etzel at Tulna, at the meeting with Kriemhild, 285; warns Gunther and Hagen of Kriemhild's desire for vengeance, 290, 291; intervenes in the conflict in Etzel's banqueting-hall, 293, 294-295; his lament for R\u00fcdiger, 295; fights with Hagen and Gunther and defeats them, 296; in the Klage, 309, 310\nDIETRICH, SIR, OF SCHWARZENBECK. In a legend of Argenfels, 87-88\nDOBSON, MR. AUSTIN. Mentioned, 56\nDORTMUND. The town, 29\nDRACHENFELS. a. A mountain near Bonn, 125, 152; a legend of, 152-154; a suggested derivation of the name, 154. b. A peak of similar geological formation, near Mannheim, 154. 3. Castle of; in a legend of Roland, 125-127\nDRAGON'S CAVE, THE. On the Drachenfels, 152, 153\nDRAGON'S ROCK, THE. See Drachenfels\nDRINKING SONGS OF THE RHINE, 89-91\nD\u00dcRER, ALBERT. The painter; the gruesome element in his pictures, 105\nD\u00dcRKHEIM. The town, 13\nDWARFS. In Rhenish legend, 73-75\nDYALAS. A Saxon king; defies and fights with Charlemagne, 36-37\nE\nEBERSTEIN. The nunnery of, 331, 340\nECKEHART. A knight at the court of Dietrich of Bern, 259\nEDDAS. Northern poetic compilations; the Volsunga Saga is a prose paraphrase of, 298\nEDWIN. Son of Sir Oswald of F\u00fcrstenberg; in the legend of the Blind Archer, 192-195\nEGGERMOND, EGGERICH VON. Brother-in-law of Charlemagne; in the legend of Charlemagne the Robber, 221-225\nEHRENFELS. The castle of; a legend of Bishop Hatto and, 209-211\nEIFEL. A hilly plain, 14\nEITIL. In the Volsunga Saga, son of Atli and Gudrun; slain by Gudrun, 305\nELBEGAST. A robber-knight; in the legend of Charlemagne the Robber, 220-225\nELDEGARDA. Spouse of Count Otto of Reuss-Marlinberg; in a legend of Rosebach, 143-144\nELFELD. The principal town in the Rheingau, anciently Alta Villa; a legend of, 73, 225-227\nELISE. Wife of Wolfram Herzog von Bergendorf; in a legend of Bonn, 134-135\nELIZABETH. Daughter of Archbishop Werner's Treasurer; in the legend of the Alchemist, 164-168\nELSE. In the Nibelungenlied, lord of lands near the Danube, 288, 290\nELZ. a. The Counts of hold the stewardship of Elfeld, 225. b. Ferdinand, Count of; a legend of, 225-227\nENDENICH. A village near Bonn; a legend of, 136-137\nENGELBERT. Archbishop of Cologne; the legend of the Lion of, 115-118\nEPPO, SIR. Lord of Eppstein; in a legend of Eppstein Castle, 242-244\nEPPSTEIN. The castle of; a legend of, 242-244\nERCILDOUNE. Town in the south of Scotland, the modern Earlston; Ursa probably associated with, 78\nERP. In the Volsunga Saga, son of Atli and Gudrun; slain by Gudrun, 305\nETELINA. Daughter of Rheinhard von Renneberg; in a legend of Okkenfels, 155-158\nETZEL. King of the Huns, the same as Attila and Atli; in the Nibelungenlied, 266; Kriemhild marries, 285-286; invites Hagen and Kriemhild's brothers to Vienna, 286; the Burgundians at the court of, 290-292; attacked by Hagen in his banqueting-hall, 293; laments Hagen's death, 297; the historical figure and the Nibelungenlied, 308; in the Klage, 309, 310. See also Attila and Atli\nEUGENIA. Daughter of the scholar Kenmat; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44-48\nF\nFAFNIR. In the Volsunga Saga, son of Hreithmar; slays Hreithmar, obtains the Nibelungen hoard, and takes the form of a dragon to guard it, 299; slain by Sigurd, 299\nFALKENBURG. The castle of; the legend of, 201-206\nFALKENSTEIN. The town; Archbishop Werner of, in the legend of the Alchemist, 164-168; Sir Philip of, in a legend of Gutenfels, 179-182; Sir Kurt of, in a legend of R\u00fcdesheim, 216; The Wonderful Road, a legend of the castle of, 233-236: Osric the Lion, a legend of the castle of 236-239\nFALLS OF THE RHINE. Near Schaffhausen, 6\nFARTHER RHINE. One of the two main branches of the Rhine, 5\nFASTRADA. Fourth wife of Charlemagne; the story of the wonderful gem and, 37-40\nFERABRAS. In the Song of the Saxons, a Russian giant, 32-33; killed in battle by Baldwin, 33\nFERAMOR. In the Song of the Saxons, son of Guiteclin; fights with and is killed by Baldwin, 34\nFERDINAND. Count of Elz; a legend of, 225-227\nFERDINAND III. Emperor of the Romans, 50\nFERRYMAN, THE. In the Nibelungenlied, 288-289\nFIDDLER, THE. A legend of Mainz Cathedral, 228-230\nFIELD OF THE HOLY CROSS. The place in the vicinity of Mainz where Constantine's vision is supposed to have occurred, 228\nFIRE-BELL OF COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, THE. The legend of, 112-114\nFL\u00d6RSHEIM. A village near Mainz; Kunigunda von--see Kunigunda; Sir Bodo of, in the legend of the Shepherd Knight, 244-248\nFOLKLORE. The comparatively small element of, in the Rhine legends, 59, 78\nFRANCE. In the Thirty Years' War, 50-51; extends her boundaries to the Rhine, 51; loses her Rhine provinces as a result of the war of 1870-71, 51-52\nFRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. Of 1870-71; France forfeits her Rhenish territory as a consequence of, 51-52\nFRANCONIA. The province, 28, 48\nFRANKENSTEIN. The castle Of, 40\nFRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN. The city; said to have been founded by Charlemagne, 248; the legend of the Poacher of, 249-251; the legend of the Knave of Bergen, 251-253; the Brunhild Bed near, 298; mentioned, 338\nFRANKLAND. The country of the Franks; in the Nibelungenlied, Gunther and Hagen journey through Eastern, 286; in Walthar of Aquitaine, Attila invades, 311\nFRANKS. Early inhabitants of the Rhine country, 23, 24; the Nibelungenlied probably had its origin among, 298; in Walthar of Aquitaine, 311\nFREDEGONDA. Queen of the Frankish king Chilperic, 25; her feud with her sister-in-law of Austrasia, 28\nFREDERICK. Younger son of Count Louis III; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44-48\nFREDERICK I. Emperor of the Romans; and Charlemagne's tomb, 4o; and the Third Crusade, 168\nFREDERICK II. Emperor of the Romans; and Charlemagne's tomb, 40\nFRENCH REVOLUTION. Political effect upon the Rhine-country, 51\nFREYA. Northern goddess of love; in the legend of the Wolf's Spring, 323\nFRIEDEL. A hunchback of Aix-la-Chapelle; the legend of, 128-129\nF\u00dcRST, FRANZ VON. In a legend of F\u00fcrstenberg, 189-192\nF\u00dcRSTENBERG. The castle of; the legend of the Phantom Mother of, 189-192; the legend of the Blind Archer, 192-195\nG\nGALLIENUS. Roman. Emperor; and the Germanic risings, 23\nGAUTIER, TH\u00c9OPHILE. Mentioned, 56\nGELFRAT. In the Nibelungenlied, knight, brother to Else, 288; slain by Gunther's men, 290\nGENEVA. Canton, 5\nGENOFEVA. Wife of Count Siegfried of Andernach; in a legend of Andernach, 83-84\nGERBERT VON ISENBURG. A young squire; in a legend of Oberw\u00f6rth, 158-161\nGERDA. Daughter of the Lord of Rheinstein; the legend of Kuno and, 195-200\nGERMANICUS. Roman Emperor; in the Rhine-country, 22\nGERMANS, EARLY. See Teutons\nGERMANY. In the Thirty Years' War, 50-51; regains Rhenish territory as a result of the war of 1870-71, 51-52\nGERNOT. In the Nibelungenlied, brother of Kriemhild, 267; and the plot to slay Siegfried, 277; with Gunther and Hagen on the journey to Etzel's court at Vienna, 290; slain by R\u00fcdiger, 294; mentioned, 297\nGERNSBACH. The town, 331\nGIBICH. See Gibicho\nGIBICHO. King of the Franks, the same as Gibich and Giuki in the legend of the Rose Garden of Worms, 260; in the Volsunga Saga, Sigurd visits the court of, 300-301; in Walthar of Aquitaine, assailed by Attila, and pays tribute, 311; death of, 312\nGISELA. Daughter of the knight Br\u00f6mser; in a legend of R\u00fcdesheim, 215-216\nGISELHER. In the Nibelungenlied, brother of Kriemhild, 267; and the plot to slay Siegfried, 277; with Gunther and Hagen on the journey to Etzel's court at Vienna, 290; in the conflict in Etzel's banqueting-hall, 293294; slain by Wolfhart, 294; mentioned, 297; in the Klage, 310\nGIUKI. See Gibicho\nGNITA HEATH. Fafnir takes the Nibelungen hoard to, 299\nGNOMES. In Rhenish legend, 73\nGOETHE. The poet; influence of, upon German legends, 79\nGOLO. The slanderer of Genofeva; in a legend of Andernach, 83-84\nGOTELIND, or GOTELINT. Wife of R\u00fcdiger of Bechlarn; in the Nibelungenlied, 285; in the Klage, 309-310\nGOTTESTHAL. The convent of; a legend of, 216-218\nGRAIL, HOLY. In the Lohengrin legend, 94\nGRAM. In the Volsunga Saga, Sigurd's sword; Sigurd places it between himself and Brunhild, 301\nGRAND PRIOR of the Knights-Templars. In a legend of Oberw\u00f6rth, 159-161\nGRANI. In the Volsunga Saga, a magic steed given to Sigurd, 299; Sigurd rides through the flames to Brunhild upon, 300; Gunnar attempts to reach Brunhild upon, but fails, 301\nGRAVEROW TYPE. Ethnological division; early Germans conform to, 15\nGREGORY OF TOURS. His Ecclesiastical History of the Franks, 28\nGREIN, HERMANN. Burgomaster of Cologne; in the, of the Archbishop's Lion, 115-118\nGRETCHEN. Daughter of Heribert; in the legend of the Treasure-seeker, 136-137\nGRIMHILD. In the Volsunga Saga, mother of Gudrun, equivalent to the Ute of the Nibelungenlied, 274, 300; administers a potion to Sigurd to make him forget Brunhild, 274, 301; the same name as Kriemhild, 305\nGRIMM, JAKOB. Philologist; and the Klage, 309\nGRISONS. Swiss canton; the Rhine rises in, 5\nGUBA. Princess; in the legend of Pfalz, 185-189\nGUBA VON ISENBURG. Mother of Gerbert von Isenburg; in a legend of Oberw\u00f6rth, 160\nGUDESBURG. A village; in the legend of Wolfram Herzog von Bergendorf, 135\nGUDRUN. In the Volsunga Saga, daughter of Giuki and Grimhild, equivalent to the Kriemhild of the Nibelungenlied, 274, 300 Sigurd marries, 301; quarrels with Brunhild, 302; goes to the court of King Half of Denmark, 303; marries Atli, 304; fights against Atli, 304; secures Atli's death, 305; the further story of, 305\nGUITECLIN. In the Song of the Saxons, King of the Saxons, 29; slain in single combat by Charlemagne, 30\nGUNDAHAR. Burgundian king; the overthrow of the kingdom of, regarded as the historical nucleus of the Nibelungenlied, 307-308\nGUNNAR. In the Volsunga Saga, son of King Giuki, 300; sets out to win the hand of Brunhild, 301; married to Brunhild, 301; plans the slaying of Sigurd, 303; treacherously invited to Atli's court, and captured, 304; death of, 305; equivalent to the Gunther of the Nibelungenlied, 305\nGUNTHER. Son of King Gibicho, brother of Kriemhild, a. In the Nibelungenlied, 267; Siegfried\naccompanies, on an expedition to gain Brunhild as wife, and conquers Brunhild for, 270-273; Brunhild sets out for Worms with, 274; Siegfried again overcomes Brunhild for, 274; Siegfried visits after ten years, and the feud begins, 275; lures Siegfried from his court on pretexts of war and of hunting, 275-276; and the slaying of Siegfried, 281-283; sends for the Nibelungen hoard to propitiate Kriemhild, 284; journeys with Hagen to the court of Etzel at Vienna, 286-290; in the conflict in Etzel's banqueting-hall, 294; Dietrich tries to treat with, 295; fights with Dietrich and is defeated, 296; slain by Kriemhild, 297; equivalent to the Gunnar of the Volsunga Saga, 305; in the Klage, 309. b. In Walthar of Aquitaine, 311; succeeds Gibicho, 312; learns of Walthar's coming, 314; opposes Walthar, 315-317; fights with Walthar, 318-319\nGUNTRAM. A knight; in the legend of Falkenburg, 201-206\nGUTA. a. Sister of Sir Philip of Falkenstein, and afterward, as wife of Richard of Cornwall, Empress of Germany; in the legend of Gutenfels, 179-183. b. Daughter of the Clockmaker of Strassburg, 342-346\nGUTENFELS. The castle of; anciently named Caub, or Chaube; a legend of, 179-183\nGUTTHORM. In the Volsunga Saga, son of King Giuki, 300; slays, and is slain by, Sigurd, 303\nH\nHADBURG. In the Nibelungenlied, one of the swan-maidens of the Danube; Hagen and, 287\nHAGEN. a. In the Nibelungenlied, a mighty paladin, of Trony, in Burgundy, 266, 268-269; accompanies Gunther and Siegfried on the expedition to win the hand of Brunhild, 270; swears vengeance on Siegfried for the offence against Brunhild, 275; learns from Kriemhild Siegfried's vulnerable spot, 276; goes hunting with Hagen and Siegfried, 276-281; lures Siegfried to drink at a spring and slays him, 281283; sinks the treasure of the Nibelungs in the Rhine, 284, 291; and Kriemhild's marriage to Etzel, 285; invited to Etzel's court at Vienna, 286; and the swan-maidens of the Danube, 287-288; and the ferryman, 288-289; and the chaplain, 289-290; at Etzel's court, 290-292 slays Ortlieb, 293; in the conflict in Etzel's banqueting-hall, 293-294; Dietrich of Bern tries to treat with, 295; fights with Dietrich, and is defeated, 296; slain by Kriemhild, 297; equivalent to the Hogni of the Volsunga Saga, 305; identified with Hagnerius by Abeling, 307; in the Klage, 309. b. In Walthar of Aquitaine, a noble youth, given as hostage to Attila by Gibicho, 311; escapes, 312; at Gunther's court, 314; with Gunther meets Walthar, but refuses to attack him, 315-316; fights with Walthar, 318-319\nHAGEN WELL. A well at Lorch, 298\nHAGNERIUS. Identified with Hagen by Abeling, 307\nHALF. King of Denmark; in the Volsunga Saga, Gudrun goes to the court of, 303\nHAMBURG. The city; in the Hanseatic League, 50\nHAMMERSTEIN. A beautiful valley in the Rhine-country, 141, 144\nH\u00c4NNCHEN. Maid of the miller of Udorf; the legend of, 138-141\nHANS, GRAF VON BRAUSER--See Brauser\nHANSEATIC LEAGUE. A federation of German towns; its wide influence, 49-50; decline of, 50\nHARDT MOUNTAINS. A legend of, 230-232\nH\u00c2RI. 'The High One,' one of Odin's titles; possibly connected with the name Herne, 68\nHATTO, BISHOP. Archbishop of Mainz; in history and in tradition, 206;\nin the legend of the Mouse Tower of Bingen, 206-209; in the legend of Ehrenfels, 209-211; mentioned, 228\nHEIDELBERG. a. The city, 321; the legend of the Wolf's Spring of, 321-324. b. The castle of; a story of, 44-48; the legend of the Jester of Heidelberg, 324-325. c. The University of; the Trumpeter of S\u00e4ckingen at, 347\nHEIMIR. In the Volsunga Saga, brother-in-law of Brunhild, 301\nHEINE. The poet; his Die Lorelei, 90-91\nHEINRICH. a. H\u00e4nnchen's lover; in the legend of the Miller's Maid of Udorf, 138-141. b. A son of Kurt; in the legend of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, 172-174\nHEINZ. A hunchback of Aix-la-Chapelle; the legend of, 128-129\nHEINZELM\u00c4NNCHEN. Dwarfs associated with Cologne, 74-75\nHEISTERBACH. The Abbot of; Graf Hermann von Heinsberg and, 146\nHELCHE. In the Nibelungenlied, wife of Etzel, 285\nHELDENBUCH. Ancient German work in which deeds of the heroes are recounted, 73\nHELISSEND. In the Song of the Saxons, daughter of Milo of Cologne, and Sebile's favourite, 31; marries Berard, 32\nHELYAS. A French version of the Lohengrin legend, 92\nHENNEGRABEN. A trench near the castle of Windeck; a legend of, 328-331\nHENRY. Son of Henry IV, afterward the Emperor Henry V; in a legend of Speyer, 326-327\nHENRY THE FOWLER. Henry I, Emperor of the Romans, 41, 49; in the Lohengrin legend, 93\nHENRY III. King of England, 181\nHENRY IV. Emperor of the Romans; a legend of, 326-327\nHENRY V. Emperor of the Romans; in a legend of Speyer, 326-327\nHENRY VI. King of England, 50\nHERBRAND. A knight at the court of Dietrich of Bern, 259; in the legend of the Rose Garden of Worms, 259-261\nHERIBERT. A sheriff of Endenich in the legend of the Treasure-seeker, 136\nHERMANN. a. A Prince Palatine in the legend of Pfalz, 185-187: b. Son of the foregoing, 188-189\nHERMANN VON HEINSBERG. Lord of the castle on the L\u00f6wenburg; a legend of, 146-151\nHERNE THE HUNTER. The legend of; the story of the Wild Huntsman allied to, 68; Herne is equivalent to Odin, 68\nHERRAT. Wife of Dietrich of Bern; in the Klage, 309\nHERRIC. In Walthar of Aquitaine, King of the Burgundians, 311\nHERSEL. A village near Bonn; in the legend of the Miller's Maid of Udorf, 138, 140\nHERTHE. An ancient Rhine goddess; in a legend of Heidelberg, 321-324; in the legend of the Klingelkapelle, 331, 332\nHERVEGH, GEORG. Poet; the Rheinweinlied of, 89\nHILCHEN VON LORCH, SIR. In the legend of Kedrich, 82\nHILDEBRAND. Son of Herbrand; a knight at the court of Dietrich of Bern, 259, 260; in the Nibelungenlied, and the conflict in Etzel's banqueting-hall, 294-295; slays Kriemhild, 297\nHILDEGARDE. A maiden; in the legend of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, 172-174\nHILDEGUND. In Walthar of Aquitaine, daughter of Herric; given as hostage to Attila, 311; escapes with Walthar and shares his adventures, 313-319; weds Walthar, 319\nHINDARFJALL. A mountain; in the Volsunga Saga, Sigurd rescues the sleeping Brunhild on, 300\nHNIFLING. In the Volsunga Saga, son of Hogni; slays Atli, 305\nHOCHSTEDEN, CONRAD VON. Bishop of Cologne; in the legend of the Architect of Cologne Cathedral, 105, 107\nHOGNI. In the Volsunga Saga, son of King Giuki, 300; urged by Gunnar to slay Sigurd, but refuses, 303; lured to the court\nof Atli, and subsequently slain, 304; equivalent to the Hagen of the Nibelungenlied, 305\nHOHBERG TYPE. Ethnological division; early Germans conform to, 15\nHOLDA. A Northern earth-goddess; identified with the Teutonic Ursa, or H\u00f6rsel, 77\nHOLLAND, DUKE OF. See Adolf\nHOLY LAND. See Palestine\nHOMBURG. The town; Falkenstein Castle near, 233\nH\u00d6RSEL. Teutonic moon-goddess, the same as Ursa, and equivalent to the Northern Holda; St. Ursula identified with, 77\nH\u00d6RSELBERG. The mountain in Thuringia in which Venus held her court, 78\nHORSRIK. A pagan prince; in a legend of Drachenfels, 152\nHREITHMAR. In the Volsunga Saga, father of Fafnir; given the treasure of the Nibelungs by Loki as a weregild, 298-299; slain by Fafnir, 299\nHUGO. Son of Kunigunda; in a legend of F\u00fcrstenberg, 190-192\nHUNCHBACKED MUSICIAN, THE. A legend of Aix-la-Chapelle, 128-129\nHUNS. Attila, or Etzel, King of the, 285\nI\nICELAND. Early versions of the Nibelungenlied story current in, 298\nIDA. Daughter of the Freiherr von Metternich; in a legend of Oberw\u00f6rth, 158-164\nILDICO. Wife of Attila, the historical figure; in the Nibelungenlied, 308\nILL. Tributary of the Rhine, 6\nILSAN. Son of Herbrand, a knight of Dietrich of Bern's court; in the legend of the Rose Garden of Worms, 260-261\nIMMA. Niece of the Dean of Strassburg; in a legend of Windeck, 329-331\nINGELHEIM. The town; Charlemagne at, 176; a legend of Charlemagne associated with, 218-225; origin of the name, 225\nISENBURG, BARON VON. In a legend of Oberw\u00f6rth, 161\nISENSTEIN. A legendary locality; Brunhild Queen of, 270; Brunhild sets out from, with Gunther, 274\nJ\nJERUSALEM. The city, 227\nJESTER OF HEIDELBERG; THE. A legend of Heidelberg Castle, 324-325\nJETTE. A prophetess of the goddess Herthe; in the legend of the Wolf's Spring, 321-324\nJIKJAK, CAPTAIN. A robber leader a story of, 58\nJULIUS CAESAR. Conquered Germanic tribes, 20\nK\nKARLOMAN. Son of Charlemagne; quarrels with his brother Pepin, and is reconciled at the shrine of St. Goar, 177-178\nKATWIJK. The town, 7\nKEDRICH. A mountain near Lorch, popularly known as 'the Devil's Ladder'; a story of, 81-82\nKEIGHTLEY, T. His Fairy Mythology, quoted, 74-75\nKENMAT. A noted scholar; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44\nKLAGE, THE. A sequel to the Nibelungenlied, 308-309; a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of, 309-310\nKLINGELKAPELLE, THE. The legend of, 331-333\nKNAVE OF BERGEN, THE. A legend of Frankfort, 251-253\nKNIGHT AND THE YELLOW DWARF, THE. A legend of Elfeld, 225-227\nKNIGHTS-TEMPLARS. The order; a Grand Prior of, at the castle of Lahneck, 159-161; Sir Conrad Bayer joins, 171\nK\u00d6NIGSWINTER. The town, 89\nKONRAD. A locksmith, son of a sheriff of Endenich; the legend of, 136-137\nKONRAD, MASTER. A writer; and the Klage, 310\nKOPISCH, AUGUST. Poet; song of the Rhine by, 90\nKREUZBERG. A mountain in the Rh\u00f6ngebirge; the convent of Marienberg founded on, 170\nKRIEMHILD. In the Nibelungenlied, a princess of Rhineland, famous for her beauty, 267-268; meets Siegfried, 269-270; equivalent to the Gudrun of the Volsunga Saga, 274, 305; married to Siegfried, 275; quarrels with Brunhild over precedence, 275; innocently marks Siegfried's vulnerable spot for the treacherous Hagen, 276; her farewell to Siegfried, 277-278; vows vengeance for the slaying of Siegfried, 284; marries Etzel, King of the Huns, 285; Ortlieb, her son, 286; induces Etzel to invite Hagen and his brothers to Vienna, 286; bribes Blodelin to attack Dankwart, 292; and the conflict in Etzel's banqueting-hall, 293-294; Dietrich surrenders Hagen and Gunther to, whom she slays, 296-297; slain by Hildebrand, 297; in the Klage, 309\nKROMME RIJN. A branch of the Rhine, 7\nKUGELGEN, JOSEPH. Writer; and the legend of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, 171\nKUNIGUNDA VON FL\u00d6RSHEIM, Wife of Franz von F\u00fcrst; in a legend of F\u00fcrstenberg, 189-191\nKUNO. a. Lord of Reichenstein; the legend of Gerda of Rheinstein and, 195-200. b. Knight of Sayn; in a legend of Falkenstein Castle, 233-236\nKURT. a. A knight; in the legend of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, 172. b. Uncle to Kuno; in the legend of Rheinstein and Reichenstein, 196-200. c. Of Falkenstein; in the legend of Gisela, 216. d. Servant of Henry IV; in a legend of Speyer, 326-327\nL\nLAACH. The forest of; in a legend of Andernach, 83\nLACHMANN, KARL. Philologist; his theory of the origin of the Nibelungenlied, 265\nLAHNECK. The castle of; in a legend of Oberw\u00f6rth, 159\nLANDQUART. Tributary of the Rhine, 6\nLAUFENBURG. The town, 6\nLEAGUE OF THE RHINE, THE. See Confederation of the Rhine\nLEGENDS. Of the Rhine; the comparatively small folklore element in, 59, 78; the romantic element in, 59, 78-79; the element of sadness and tragedy in, 179, 185; the sad or lighter nature of, mirrored in their environment, 354\nLEONORA. Daughter of the Count of Luzenstein; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44-46\nLEOPOLD II. Holy Roman Emperor; and the French Revolution, 51\nLEWIS, MONK. Writer; his version of the legend of Osric the Lion, 236-239\nLIBA., a. Daughter of Sir Balther; in the legend of Truenfels, 122-125. b. Lady of Falkenburg; in the legend of Falkenburg, 201-206\nLIEBENSTEIN. The castle of; the legend of Sterrenberg and, 84-86; a variant of the same legend, 171-174\nLIEBFRAUENMILCH. A delicious wine; in the legend of the Devil's Vineyard, 262-263\nLI\u00c9GE. The city; a legend of, 97-101; Henry IV's pilgrimage to, 326\nLIMMAT. The river, 6\nLINZ. The town, 21; the stronghold of Okkenfels near, 154\nLION. The Archbishop of Cologne's; the legend of, 115-118\nLION. In Walthar of Aquitaine, Walthar's charger, 313, 317\nLOHENGRIN. The Knight of the Swan; the German version of the legend of, 92-96\nLOKI. God of evil, in Scandinavian myth; in the Volsunga Saga, gives the treasure of the Nibelungs to Hreithmar as a weregild, 298-299; obtained the treasure from Andwari, 299\nLORCH, or LORDCH. The town the 'Devil's Ladder' near, 81 the Hagen Well at, 298\nLORELEI. a. A water-spirit of the Rhine, 59, 65; a legend of, 59-61; paralleled in the water-kelpie, 65; mentioned, 185. b. A damsel of surpassing beauty; the story of, 61-64. Blending of the legends, 64\nLORELEIBERG. A cliff on the Rhine, near St. Goar; the haunt of the Lorelei, 59\nLORRAINE, UPPER AND LOWER. Ancient divisions of Rhenish territory, 42\nLORS. The abbey of; in the Klage, Queen Ute dies at, 310\nLOTHAIR I. Emperor of the Romans, 41\nLOTHARINGIA. Ancient name of Lorraine; the Rhine the boundary between Germany and, 42\nLOUIS THE GERMAN. King of Germany, 28, 41\nLOUIS I. Emperor of the Romans; succeeds Charlemagne, 40. See also Ludwig (b)\nLOUIS II. Emperor of the Romans,, 4\nLOUIS III. Count Palatine; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44\nLOUIS IV. Count Palatine; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44-46\nL\u00d6WENBURG. a. The Abbot of; in the legend of the Dancers of Ramersdorf, 145. b. A mountain; a legend of, 146-151\nL\u00dcBECK. The city; promoter of the Hanseatic League, 49; and the League's decline, 50\nLUDLOW, J. M. His Popular Epics of the Middle Ages, quoted, 29-37\nLUDWIG. a. Graf, son of a Prince Palatine; captured by the Lorelei, 60. b. Son of Charlemagne (= Louis I); and the apportionment of his father's Empire, 177-178 (see also Louis I). c. A Prince Palatine; in the legend of Pfalz, 185-188. d. Emperor (= Louis the Child); in a legend of Bishop Hatto and Ehrenfels, 209-211. e. Emperor (= Louis IV); and the town of Elfeld, 225\nLUN\u00c9VILLE. Treaty of. See Treaty\nLUZENSTEIN. The Count of; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44-46\nLYING-FIELD, THE. At Thann the legend of, 340-341\nM\nMAAS. The river; a branch of the Rhine flows into, 7\nMAGIC BANQUET, THE. A legend of Cologne, 120-122\nMAGUNTIACUM. Ancient name of Mainz, 13, 227\nMAIDEN'S CAPRICE, THE. A legend of Worms, 263-264\nMAIDEN'S LEAP, THE. A legend of the Hardt Mountains, 230-232\nMAIN. A tributary of the Rhine, 286\nMAINZ, or MAYENCE. The city, 6, 20; Hatto the Archbishop of, 206; Ludwig holds his court at, 210-211; the principal fortress on the Upper Rhine in Roman times, 227; the scene of the martyrdom of Crescentius, and of Constantine's famous vision, 227-228; ancient renown of, 228; the cathedral of, 228; a legend of the cathedral of, 228-230; mentioned, 240, 263\nMANNHEIM. The city, 154\nMARGARET. Princess of Savoy; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44-45\nMARGARETHA. A maiden; in the legend of the Trumpeter of S\u00e4ckingen, 347-351\nMARIA. A maiden; in a legend of Boppard, 168-171\nMARIENBERG. The convent of; how it came to be founded, 171\nMARTHA. Daughter of Ruthard in the legend of the Sword-slipper of Solingen, 101-102, 104\nMATIACCI. Early Germanic tribe 20\nM\u00c4USETURM. = The Mouse Tower, which see; the name regarded as a corruption of Mauth-turm ('toll-tower'), 206\nMAXENTIUS. Roman Emperor, 228\nMAYENCE. Same as Mainz, which see.\nMEROVIG. Frankish king, founder of the Merovingian dynasty, 25\nMEROVINGIANS. A dynasty of Frankish kings, 24-25\nMETTERNICH, THE FREIHERR VON. A nobleman of Coblentz; in a legend of Oberw\u00f6rth, 158-162\nMETZ. The city; formerly capital of Austrasia, 28\nMILLER'S MAID OF UDORF, THE. The legend of, 138-141\nMINNA. Daughter of Hans, Graf von Brauser; in a legend of R\u00fcdesheim, 213-215\nMOLTKE, COUNT VON. The field-marshal, 4\nMOON-WORSHIP. A custom pointing to, in medieval Germany, 77\nMOSELLE. A tributary of the Rhine, 41, 42\nMOUNT, THE. The castle of Sir Balther; in the legend of Truenfels, 122-124\nMOUSE TOWER (M\u00c4USETURM). A tower on an island near Bingen; the legend of Bishop Hatto and, 89, 206-209\nM\u00dcLLER, WOLFGANG. Poet; song of the Rhine by, 89-90\nMUMMEL-LAKE. A subterranean lake, the abode of water-spirits; a legend of, 66-67\nMUNCHENZELL. The monastery of; in the Nibelungenlied, Ilsan a monk in, 260\nN\nNASSAU. a. George Augustus, Duke of; builder of the palace of Biberich, 240. b. A Duchess of; in a legend of the palace of Biberich, 240-242\nNAYMES. Knight, of Bavaria; in the Song of the Saxons, 35, 37\nNEARER RHINE. One of the two main branches of the Rhine, 5\nNECKAR. Tributary of the Rhine; the junction with the Rhine at Heidelberg, 321\nNEMETES. Early Germanic tribe, 20\nNEUSTRIA. The kingdom, 28\nNEW MARKET. In Cologne, 119\nNIBELUNGEN NOT. The section of the Nibelungenlied commencing with the Burgundian acquirement of the Nibelungen hoard, 284\nNIBELUNGENLIED. The epic; Worms the locality of, 258, 264; antiquity of the legend, 265; 372 controversy respecting its origin, 265, 298, 306-308; probable interpolations in the legend, 266 the effort to give it definite form, 266-267; the early manuscripts of, 267; its fragmentary nature, 267; difference in the German and Scandinavian versions respecting the Brunhild and Siegfried story, 270; connexion of Walthar of Aquitaine with, 292, 311; the Volsunga Saga an old form of the story of, 305-306; the mythological and historical elements in, 306-308\nNIBELUNGS. A mythical race. a. In the Nibelungenlied, the sword and treasure of, won by Siegfried, 268; the treasure of, sunk in the Rhine by Hagen, 284; synonymous with the Burgundians, when the treasure enters Burgundy, 284; the treasure of, Kriemhild demands, and Hagen refuses, 291, 296-297; the fateful end of, 298. b. In the Volsunga Saga, the story of the treasure of, 298-305\nNIXIE. A water-spirit, 65; legend of the nixie of the Mummel-lake, 66-67\nNONNENWERTH. The convent of; in a legend of Roland, 125-127\nNOVGOROD. Russian city; leads a campaign against the Hanseatic League, 50\nNUN OF OESTRICH. THE. The legend of, 217-218\nNUREMBERG. The city; in the Hanseatic League, 50\nO\nOBERW\u00d6RTH. An island in the Rhine near Coblentz, site of a famous nunnery; a legend of, 158-164\nODENWALD. A mountainous region; Siegfried and Gunther go to hunt in, 276; mentioned, 298\nODIN. Supreme deity in Scandinavian mythology, the same as Woden; the Wild Huntsman is equivalent to, 68; Herne the Hunter is, 68; and Brunhild, 270; regarded as a nature-god, 307. See also Woden\nOELBERG. One of the mountains of the Siebengebirge; Truenfels near, 122\nOESTRICH. The town; the legend of the Nun of, 216-218\nOKKENFELS. A ruined stronghold near Linz; a legend of, 154-158\nOPPENHEIM. The town; a story of, connected with the Thirty Years' War, 52-55\nORTLIEB. In the Nibelungenlied, son of Kriemhild and Etzel, 286; slain by Hagen, 293\nOSRIC THE LION. A legend of Falkenstein Castle, 236-239\nOSWALD, SIR. Lord of F\u00fcrstenberg; a legend of, 192-195\nOTTO. a. Count of Reuss-Marlinberg of Hammerstein; in a legend of Rosebach, 142-144. b. A knight who took service as a shepherd; in a legend of Fl\u00f6rsheim, 244-248\nOTTO I. Emperor of the Romans, 41, 42\nOTTO III. Emperor of the Romans; and Charlemagne's tomb at Aix-la-Chapelle, 40\nOTUR, or OTTER. In the Volsunga Saga, son of Hreithmar; slain by Loki, 299\nOUDE RIJN. A branch of the Rhine, 7\nP\nPALATINATE, THE. A German state, 42-43\nPALESTINE. Mentioned in the legend of Boppard, 169-171; in the legend of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, 172; in the legend of Minna of R\u00fcdesheim, 213; in the legend of Gisela, 215; in the legend of the Shepherd Knight, 247\nPALSGRAVE. = Count Palatine; mentioned, 201\nPANNONIA. The province, 14, 16\nPANTULUS. A saint; in the legend of St. Ursula, 76\nPARSIFAL. One of the knights of the Grail; in the Lohengrin legend, sends Lohengrin to help Elsa, 93-94\nPARZIVAL. Wolfram von Eschenbach's romance, 92\nPASSAU. The city; mentioned in the Klage, 309\nPASSING BELLS, THE. A legend of Speyer, 326-327\nPATAVRID. In Walthar of Aquitaine, nephew of Hagen; fights with Walthar, 316\nPATER, WALTER. His story Duke Karl of Rosenwald, 43\nPEACE OF WESTPHALIA. Treaty which ended the Thirty Years' War; effect upon the Rhine-country, 51\nPEPIN. King of Italy, son of Charlemagne; quarrels with his brother Karloman, and is reconciled at the shrine of St. Goar, 177-178\nPEPIN OF HERISTAL. A ruler of the Franks; overthrows the Merovingian dynasty, 28\nPEPIN THE SHORT. King of the Franks, father of Charlemagne, 28\nPERRON, JACQUES. A blacksmith; in a legend of Li\u00e9ge, 97-101\nPFALZ. An island, near Bacharach; the legend of, 185-189\nPFALZGRAFENSTEIN. A castle on the island of Pfalz; in the legend of Pfalz, 185-188\nPHANTOM MOTHER OF F\u00dcRSTENBERG, THE. The legend of, 189-192\nPHILIP OF FALKENSTEIN, SIR. See Falkenstein\nPICARD. A robber leader; a story of, 57\nPILGRIN, BISHOP. Of Passanform; has the Nibelungenlied story recorded, 310\nPLAGUE. Of 1440, in Germany, 118\nPOACHER OF FRANKFORT, THE. The legend of, 249-251\nPOPE, THE. Under the German Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, 41\nPRIESTS' GATE. Gate of a monastery in Cologne, associated with the legend of the Archbishop's Lion, 118\nPROBUS. Roman Emperor; subdues the Rhenish peoples and builds a wall, 23-24\nPROXY, THE. A legend of Darmstadt, 253-255\nPRUSSIA. Cedes to France her territory on the left bank of the Rhine, 51\nQ\nQUINTILIUS VARUS. Roman general; defeated by the Germanic tribes, 21-22\nR\nRAFAELLO. An Italian boy; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 44-48\nRAMERSDORF, THE DANCERS OF. The legend of, 145-146\nREGENSBURG. The town, 21\nREGIN. In the Volsunga Saga, brother of Fafnir; seeks Fafnir with Sigurd, 299; slain by Sigurd, 300\nREICHENAU. The town; the Nearer and Farther Rhine unite at, 5\nREICHENSTEIN. The castle of; the legend of Rheinstein and, 195-200\nRENNEBERG, RHEINHARD VON. Lord of Okkenfels; in a legend of Okkenfels, 154-158\nREUSS. The river, 6\nREUSS-MARLINBERG OF HAMMERSTEIN, COUNT OTTO OF. In a legend of Rosebach, 142-144\nRHAETIA. The province, 14\nRHEINFELDEN. The town, 6\nRHEINFELS. A mountain, near St. Goar; the habitation of St. Goar on, 174\nRHEINGAU. A district in the Rhine-country, 225\nRHEINGRAFENSTEIN. The castle of; a legend of, 211-212\nRHEINSTEIN. a. The castle of; a legend of, 195-200. b. The Lord of, 197-200\nRHEINWALD VALLEY, 5\nRHEINWALDHORN. Mountain range; the Nearer Rhine rises in, 5\nRHEINWEINLIED. A drinking song by Georg Hervegh, 89\nRHENISH CONFEDERATION. See Confederation of the Rhine\nRHENS. The town; the maiden Lorelei summoned before a court at, 62\nRHINE, THE. Its powerful patriotic appeal, 1, 3-4, 81; its unique legendary association, 1-2; topography of the river, 5-7; early inhabitants of the Rhine-country, 12 et seq.; the frontier of Germany in the Middle Ages, 42; its banks the seat of the highest German culture in the Middle Ages, 42; becomes the boundary between France and Germany, 51; character of the legends of, 59, 78-79, 179, 185, 354; the poetry of, 81; the view of, from Heidelberg, 321; Byron's address to, 355\nRHINE-COUNTRY, THE. Early inhabitants of, 12 et seq.; the Romans in, 20-24; French encroachments in, 51; the French lose their footing in, after the war of 1870-71, 51-52; the robbers of, 55-58\nRHINE-GOD. A river-deity; in the legend of the Trumpeter of S\u00e4ckingen, 348\nRHINEGOLD. The treasure of the Nibelungs, 303. See Nibelungs\nRICHARD. a. C\u0153ur-de-Lion, 168; the legend of his imprisonment in and release from Trifels Castle, 337-340. b. Earl of Cornwall; a claimant to the German throne after the death of Conrad IV, and chosen Emperor, 181; in the legend of Gutenfels, 179-183\nRICHBERTA. A maiden of Stavoren; the story of, 8-12\nRICHMODIS. Wife of Sir Aducht of Cologne; the legend of, 118-120\nRIGUENBACH. Henchman of Count Otto of Reuss-Marlinberg; in a legend of Rosebach, 142-144\nRINBOD. A pagan prince; in a legend of the Drachenfels, 152-154.\nRIVERS. Sentimental regard for, 1, 80-81\nROBBERS OF THE RHINE, THE, 55-58\nROLAND. Charlemagne's nephew; and the Lady of Drachenfels, 125-127; falls at Roncevaux, 127\nROLANDSECK. A castle on the Rhine, near Bonn, 133; in a legend of Roland, 125, 127\nROMANCE. The element of, predominant in the Rhine legends, 59, 78-79\nROMANS, THE. In the Rhine-country, 20-24\nROME. St. Ursula's pilgrimage to, 76; in the legend of the Trumpeter of S\u00e4ckingen, Werner and Margaretha reunited at, 350\nRONCEVAUX. A gorge in the Pyrenees; Roland's last great battle against the Moors at, 127\nROON, COUNT VON. The statesman, 4\nROSE GARDEN, THE. A legend of Worms, 258-261\nROSEBACH. a. A village in the valley of Hammerstein; a legend of, 141-144. b. The castle of, 142, 143. c. The Abbey of; story of the founding of, 144\nBOTH, COUNT VON. Governor of Pfalzgrafenstein; in the legend of Pfalz, 185-188\nR\u00dcDESHEIM. The town; its many legendary associations, 212; favoured by Charlemagne, 213; famous for its wines, 213; the legend of Minna of, 213-215\nR\u00dcDIGER. Margrave of Bechlarn; in the legend of the Rose Garden of Worms, 260; in the Nibelungenlied, his embassy to the Burgundian court to seek the hand of Kriemhild for Etzel, 285; receives Gunther and Hagen on their journey to Etzel's court, and accompanies them, 290; and the conflict in Etzel's banqueting-hall, 293-294; slain by Gernot, 294; Dietrich's lament for, 295; in the Klage, 309, 310\nRUDOLPH. A knight of Linz; in a legend of Okkenfels, 155-158\nRUSSIA. Combats the monopoly of the Hanseatic League, 50\nRUTHARD. A smith; in the legend of the Sword-slipper of Solingen, 101-102, 104\nRYSWICK, TREATY OF. See Treaty\nS\nS\u00c4CKINGEN. The town, 6; the legend of the Trumpeter of, 346-351\nST. CLEMENT. Church of; in a legend of Rheinstein, 198\nST. FRIDOLIN. The festival of, celebrated at S\u00e4ckingen, 347\nST. GOAR. a. The town; the haunt of the Lorelei near, 59; the habitation of the hermit St. Goar near, 174. b. A hermit, 174-176; at the court of Sigebert, 174-175; the patron saint of hospitality, 175; Charlemagne at the shrine of, 176-177; Karloman and Pepin reconciled at the shrine of, 177-178. c. The monastery of, 175\nST. GOTTHARD. Pass of, 5\nST. PETER. The Apostle, 227\nST. PETER'S. Cathedral at Rome; in the legend of the Trumpeter of S\u00e4ckingen, 350\nST. URSULA. Probably the Teutonic goddess Ursa, or H\u00f6rsel, 77; the legend of, 75-77\nSAND GEWIRR. A dangerous eddy in the Rhine, 174\nSANTEN, or XANTEN. The town; in the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried and Kriemhild go to, after their marriage, 275\nSARACENS. Mentioned, 213, 215, 216\nSATAN. In Rhenish legend, 78; in the legend of the Architect of Cologne Cathedral, 106-108; in a legend explaining why Cologne Cathedral was never completed, 110-111; in the legend of the Fire-bell of Cologne, 113-114; as Master Urian, in the legend of the cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, 130-133; in a legend of Rheingrafenstein, 211-212; as the Yellow Dwarf, in a legend of Elfeld, 226-227; in a legend of Worms, 261-262; in the legend of the Klingelkapelle, 333\nSAXONS, THE. In the Rhine-country, 24; a story of Charlemagne's wars with, 29-37; mentioned, 248; Siegfried helps the Burgundians against, 269\nSAYN. A village; Kuno of; in a legend of Falkenstein Castle, 233-236\nSCANDINAVIA. And the origin of the Nibelungenlied, 265, 298\nSCHAFFHAUSEN. The town, 6\nSCHAMS VALLEY. The Rhine flows through, 5\nSCHILDMAUER. A wall that stood between the castles of Liebenstein and Sterrenberg, 171\nSCHILLER. The poet; influence of, upon German legends, 79\nSCHLOSS. For castles, see under their proper names.\nSCH\u00d6NBURG. a. The castle of; the legend of the Seven Maidens of, 183-185. b. The Graf von, 183\nSCH\u00d6NEBECK. The town, 13\nSCOTT, SIR WALTER. His ballad The Wild Huntsman, 68-73\nSEBILE. In the Song of the Saxons, wife of Guiteclin, 30; falls in love with and is married to Baldwin, 31-32; meets her dead husband's body, 36; enters a convent, 37\nSEEBACH. A town in the Black Forest; the legend of the nixie of, 66-67\nSEGERIC. Son of the Burgundian king Sigismund; Siegfried identified with, by Abeling, 307; and the historical theory of the origin of the Nibelungenlied, 308\nSEVEN YEARS' WAR. Supposed by the people of Oppenheim to have been foretold by a gruesome apparition, 55\nSHEPHERD KNIGHT, THE. A legend of Fl\u00f6rsheim, 244-248\nSIEBENGEBIRGE. A mountain range, 7; a legend connected with, 133-136; mentioned, 157\nSIEGEBERT, SIR. A wealthy knight; in the legend of the Shepherd Knight, 247\nSIEGFRIED. In the Nibelungenlied, a prince of the Netherlands, son of Siegmund and Sieglind; the full story of, not given in any of the versions of the legend, 267; wins the sword and treasure of the Nibelungs and overcomes Alberich, capturing his cloak of invisibility, 268, 271; goes to Worms to see Kriemhild, 268-269; accompanies Gunther to help him to win the hand of Queen Brunhild, and overcomes her in combat, 270-273; the story of Brunhild and, in the Scandinavian versions of the legend, 270; typifies the springtide and the sun in the Scandinavian myth, 270; the Sigurd of the Volsunga Saga equivalent to, 274, 299; again contends with Brunhild and defeats her, 274; married to Kriemhild, 275; arouses the resentment of Brunhild and Hagen, and is lured from the court on a pretext of war, 275-276; takes part in a hunting expedition and performs mighty feats, 276-280; his invulnerability, save at one spot, gained by bathing in the dragon's blood, 276; Kriemhild marks the vulnerable spot for the treacherous Hagen, 276; the plot for his destruction, 277; slain by Hagen, 281-283; called 'Lord of the Nibelungs' after possessing the Nibelungen treasure, 284; regarded as a sun-god, 307; identified by Abeling with Segeric, 307. See also Sigurd\nSIEGFRIED. A count of Andernach; a legend of, 82-84\nSIEGFRIED SPRING. A spring in the Odenwald, 298\nSIEGLIND. a. In the Nibelungenlied, mother of Siegfried, 268. b. One of the swan-maidens, in the Nibelungenlied; warns Hagen, 287-288\nSIEGMUND. Father of Siegfried; in the Nibelungenlied, 268; in the Volsunga Saga, 299\nSIGEBERT. King of Austrasia; St. Goar at his court at Andernach, 174-175\nSIGISMUND. King of Burgundy, 307\nSIGURD. In the Volsunga Saga, a mighty warrior, equivalent to the Siegfried of the Nibelungenlied, 274, 299; the story of, 299-303. See also Siegfried\nSOLINGEN. The town; the legend of the Sword-slipper of, 101-104\nSONG OF THE SAXONS. A romance of Charlemagne, 29-37, 248\nSOONECK. a. Wilm von; in a legend of F\u00fcrstenberg, 192-195. b. The castle of, 192-195\nSOUTHEY, ROBERT. The poet; his version of the legend of Bishop Hatto and the Mouse Tower, 207-209\nSPESSART. A mountain group; mentioned in the Nibelungenlied, 281\nSPEYER, or SPIRES. The town, 50; a legend of, 326-327\nSPIRES. See Speyer\nSTAUFENBERG. The castle of; a legend of, 333-337\nSTAVOREN. A town in Holland; the story of Richberta of, 7-12\nSTERRENBERG. The castle of; the legend of Liebenstein and, 84-86; a variant of the same legend, 171-174\nSTEVENSON, R. L. Mentioned, 55, 80\nSTOLZENFELS. The castle of; a legend of, 164-168\nSTRASSBURG. The city, 20; seized by France, 51; the Dean of, in a legend of Windeck, 328-331; the astronomical clock of, 341-342; the legend of the Clock-maker of, 342-346\nSTROMBERG. A mountain; in a legend of the castle of Argenfels, 88\nSTYRIA. The province; Dietleib of--see Dietleib\nSUEVI. Early Germanic people, 23\nSUGAMBRI. Early Germanic tribe, 20\nSUNKEN CITY, THE. The story of, 7-12\nSWABIA. The province, 161\nSWAN-MAIDENS. Of the Danube, in the Nibelungenlied; Hagen and, 287-288\nSWEDEN. In the Thirty Years' War, 50-51\nSWEMMELIN. In the Klage, Etzel's fiddler; bears the news of the tragedy to Brunhild and to Bechlarn, 309, 310\nSWITZERLAND. The Rhine rises in, 5\nSWORD-SLIPPER OF SOLINGEN, THE. The legend of, 78, 101-104\nT\nTACITUS. On the Teutons, 14, 16-18, 19-20\nTANNH\u00c4USER. Knight; imprisoned by Venus in the H\u00f6rselberg, 78\nTAUNUS MOUNTAINS. The Rhine diverted by, 6; the castle of Eppstein in a valley of, 242\nTELRAMUND, FREDERICK OF. Knight, in the Lohengrin legend, 93-95\nTEUTONS. Drive the Celts from the Rhine-country, 14; Tacitus on, 14, 16-18, 19-20; customs of, 18; their regard for women, 18, costume of, 19; the tribes of, 19-20, 23-24\nTHANN. The town; the steeple of, built with mortar mixed with wine, 324, 340; the legend of the Lying-field of, 340-341\nTHEODORIC. King of the Ostrogoths; the original of Dietrich of Bern, 258\nTHIDREKS SAGA. A Norse epic; contains details related to those in the earlier versions of the Nibelungenlied, 298\nTHIONVILLE. The town; Charlemagne summons his sons to, to apportion his Empire among them, 177\nTHIRTY YEARS' WAR. Effect on the Rhine-country, 50; a story of, 52-55; the Trumpeter of S\u00e4ckingen fights in, 347\nTHOMAS THE RHYMER. Scottish poet; his story fused with the legend of Ursula in the ballad of Thomas the Rhymer, 78\nTH\u00dcRINGEN, or THURINGIA. The state; Childeric exiled in, 2526; mentioned, 247\nTHURINGIA. See Th\u00fcringen\nTIBERIUS. Roman general, afterward Emperor; sent against the Germanic tribes, 22\nTITUS. Roman Emperor, 227\nTOMA. Lake; the Farther Rhine rises in, 5\nTOMLESCHG VALLEY. The Rhine flows through, 5\nTRAJAN. Roman Emperor, 227\nTREASURE-SEEKER, THE. The legend of, 136-137\nTREASURER. Archbishop Werner's; in the legend of the Alchemist, 164-168\nTREATY. a. Of Basel; Prussia cedes to France her territory on the left bank of the Rhine under, 51. b. Of Lun\u00e9ville; France acquires the left bank of the Rhine under, 51. c. Of Ryswick; France gains territory in the Rhine-country under, 51\nTREMOIGNE. In the Song of the Saxons, Guiteclin's palace, 29, 33\nTREVES. a. The city; in a legend of Cologne Cathedral, 111. b. The Archbishop of; Sigebert and, 195. c. The see of; offered to St. Goar, 175\nTRIBACCI. Early Germanic tribe, 20\nTRIBES. Early Germanic, 19-20, 23-24\nTRIBUTARIES. Of the Rhine; the large number of, 6\nTRIFELS. The castle of; the legend of Richard C\u0153ur-de-Lion's imprisonment in, 337-340\nTRUENFELS. A place near the Oelberg; the legend of, 122-125\nTRUMPETER OF S\u00c4CKINGEN, THE. The legend of, 346-351\nTULNA. The town; in the Nibelungenlied, Kriemhild meets Etzel at, 285\nTURPIN. Archbishop of Rheims; in a story of Charlemagne, 39-40\nU\nUBII. Early Germanic tribe, 20\nUDORF. A village near Bonn; a legend of, 138-141\nULENTHAL, SIR SIBERT. A knight; in the legend of Truenfels, 122-125\nULRILDA. A maiden; in a legend of Falkenstein Castle, 238-239\nURIAN, MASTER. Satan; in the legend of the cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, 130-133\nURSA. Teutonic moon -goddess, equivalent to H\u00f6rsel; St. Ursula identified with, 97\nURSULA. See St. Ursula\nUTE. In the Nibelungenlied, mother of Kriemhild, 267, 268; equivalent to the Grimhild of the Volsunga Saga, 274; in the Klage, 310\nUTRECHT. The city, 7\nV\nVALERIAN. Roman Emperor; and the Germanic risings, 23\nVALKYRS. In Scandinavian myth, the war-maidens of Odin; Brunhild one of the, 270, 300\nVANGIONES. Early Germanic tribe, 20\nVARUS. See Quintilius\nVEHMGERICHT. A medieval German secret tribunal; in a story of Heidelberg Castle, 46-47\nVENUS. The goddess; identified with Holda, or Ursula, 78\nVIA MALA GORGE. The Rhine flows through, 5\nVIENNA. The city. a. Congress of--see Congress. b. In the Nibelungenlied, Kriemhild married to Etzel at, 285; Kriemhild induces Etzel to invite Hagen and her brothers to, 286\nVINGI. In the Volsunga Saga, a messenger; lures Gunnar and Hogni to Atli's court, 304; slain by Hogni, 304\nVIONEST. A legendary king of Britain, father of St. Ursula, 75\nVIRGIN MARY, THE. In a legend of Mainz, 228-230; in a legend of Darmstadt, 253-255; in the legend of the Devil's Vineyard, 262\nVOLKER. In the Nibelungenlied, a Hunnish warrior; slain, 294\nVOLSUNGA SAGA. The older, Scandinavian form of the Nibelungenlied legend, 305-306; the story of Brunhild and Siegfried is different in, 270; a summary of, 298-305\nVOLSUNGS. A semi-divine mythical race, descended from Woden; Sigurd a descendant of, 299\nVOSGES. The mountain range, 6; the forest of, 315\nW\nWAAL. A branch of the Rhine, 7\nWACHT AM RHEIN, DIE. The song; its strong patriotic influence, 3; a story of Bismarck and, 3-4\nWAGNER. The composer; his version of the Lohengrin legend drawn from Wolfram von Eschenbach, 92\nWALDSHUT. The town, 6\nWALHALLA. The Warriors' paradise, in Norse myth; in the legend of the Wolf's Spring, 323\nWALLS, ROMAN. In the Rhine-country, 21,24\nWALPURGIS-NIGHT. The night before the 1st of May, supposed\nto be the occasion of a witches' festival, 263-264\nWALSDORF. The convent of; in a legend of Rosebach, 142\nWALTHAR. In Walthar of Aquitaine, son of Alphere; mentioned in the Nibelungenlied, 291; given as hostage to Attila, 311; escapes with Hildegund, 313; comes near to Worms, 314; Gunther's party meets, 315; fights with Gunther's knights and defeats them, 316; fights with Gunther and Hagen, 318-319; wedded to Hildegund and rules Aquitaine, 319-320\nWALTHAR OF AQUITAINE. The epic; Worms the locality of, 258; connexion of, with the Nibelungenlied, 292, 311; the story, 310-320\nWALTHAR OF SPAIN. The same as Walthar of Aquitaine. See Walthar\nWALTHER. a. Minna's lover; in a legend of R\u00fcdesheim, 214. b. A knight of Birbach; in a legend of Darmstadt, 253-255\nWAMPOLD, THE LORD OF. In the legend of the Maiden's Caprice, 263\nWAMPOLDER HOF. A manor-house in the town of Worms; in the legend of the Maiden's Caprice, 236-264\nWAR OF THE PALATINATE. Affects the Rhine valley, 50\nWATER-NYMPH OF STAUFENBERG, THE. The legend of, 333-337\nWATER-SPIRITS. The Lorelei, 59-65; the nixie, 65; the legend of the Nixie of the Mummel-lake, 66-67; the legend of the Water-nymph of Staufenberg, 333-337\nWEAPONS. Ancient German, 17\nWEDENSCHIED. A pastor of; in a legend of F\u00fcrstenberg, 192\nWEIN VON ORLEANS. A wine for which R\u00fcdesheim was famous, 213\nWENZEL (WENCESLAUS). German Emperor; said to have sold his crown for wine, 324\nWERNER. a. Archbishop of Falkenstein, owner of Stolzenfels; in the legend of the Alchemist, 164168. b. The Trumpeter of S\u00e4ckingen, 346-351\nWESTPHALIA, PEACE OF. See Peace of Westphalia\nWESTRICH, THE. A mountainous region near Mannheim, 244\nWHITE HORSES, THE. A legend of Cologne, 118-120\nWILD HUNTSMAN, THE. The legend of, 68; the Huntsman is equivalent to Odin, 68; Sir Walter Scott's ballad, 68-73\nWILENSTEIN. The castle of; in the legend of the Shepherd Knight, 244\nWILHELM. Ruthard's apprentice in the legend of the Sword-slipper of Solingen, 102-104\nWILLIAM OF HOLLAND. King of Germany; in the legend of the Magic Banquet, 120-121\nWILLIAM I. King of Prussia proclaims the restoration of the Rhine provinces, 51-52\nWINDECK. The castle of; legends of, 328-331\nWINE. Worms noted for, 261; of Worms, a legend of, 261-263 common in Rhenish legend, 324 the steeple at Thann built with mortar mixed with, 324, 340\nWINOMADUS. Friend of King Childeric, 25, 26\nWITCHES' SABBATH. An annual nocturnal meeting of witches and demons; in a legend of Aix-la-Chapelle, 128\nWODEN. Supreme deity, in Scandinavian mythology, the same as Odin; the Volsungs descended from, 299; in the Volsunga Saga, advises Sigurd regarding his encounter with the dragon Fafnir, 299; the spell laid upon Brunhild by, 300, 301. See also Odin\nWOLF. A bell-founder; in the legend of the Fire-bell of Cologne, 112-114\nWOLFHART. A knight at the court of Dietrich of Bern, 259; in the legend of the Rose Garden of Worms, 261; in the Nibelungenlied, slain by Giselher, 294\nWOLFINGS. A company of warriors associated with Dietrich of Bern; in the Nibelungenlied, 285\nWOLFRAM. Herzog von Bergendorf; a legend of, 133-136\nWOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH. Medieval romance-writer; his Parzival the source of a version of the Lohengrin legend, 92\nWOLF'S SPRING, THE. A legend of Heidelberg, 321-324\nWOMEN. Regard for, among the early Teutons, 18; the preservers of the ancient Teutonic magico-religious lore, 18-19\nWONDERFUL ROAD, THE. A legend of Falkenstein Castle, 233-236\nWORMS. The city; the locality of the Nibelungenlied and of Walthar of Aquitaine, 258, 264, 310-311; the legend of the Rose Garden of, 258-261; famous for its wine, 261; the legend of the Devil's Vineyard, 261-263; the Wampolder Hof in, 263; the legend of the Maiden's Caprice, 263-264; the Nibelungenlied, 264-310; Kriemhild dwelt in, 267; Brunhild sets out for, with Gunther, 294; Walthar of Aquitaine, 310-320\nY\nYELLOW DWARF, THE. In the legend of Elfeld, 73, 225-227\nYSSEL. A branch of the Rhine, 7\nZ\nZ\u00c4HRINGEN. The village; in the legend of the Charcoal-burner, 351, 354\nZUIDER ZEE. A branch of the Rhine flows into, 7\nZURICH. The city; the scene of Charlemagne's encounter with the serpent which gave him the wonderful gem, 37","title":"Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine: Glossary and Index","type":"page"}