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Gudrun
Chapters (35)
- Preface 0:00
- Names of Persons 6:44
- Names of Places 8:16
- Tale I: How Hagen Was Carried Off by the Griffin 11:36
- Tale II: How Hagen Slew the Griffin 33:17
- Tale III: How Hagen Sailed to His Home 49:35
- Tale IV: How Hagen Was Met by His Father and Mother 1:02:02
- Tale V: How Wâ-te Was Sent to Ireland as a Suitor 1:19:23
- Tale VI: How Sweetly Horant Sang 2:13:09
- Tale VII: How the Maidens Came to See the Ship, and Were Carried to Hettel’s Kingdom 2:35:56
- Tale VIII: How Hagen Followed His Daughter 2:51:04
- Tale IX: How Gudrun Was Sought by Siegfried 3:15:36
- Tale X: How Hartmut Sent to Woo Gudrun 3:23:31
- Tale XI: How Herwic Sent to Seek Gudrun and How Hartmut Came Himself 3:33:17
- Tale XII: How Herwic Made War on Hettel, and How Gudrun Was Betrothed to Him 3:37:49
- Tale XIII: How Siegfried Made War Against Herwic 3:50:07
- Tale XIV: How Hettel Sent Tidings from Herwic’s Land 4:08:33
- Tale XV: How Hartmut Carried Away Gudrun 4:17:46
- Tale XVI: How Hilda Sent to Hettel and Herwic to Ask Their Help Against Hartmut 4:36:03
- Tale XVII: How Hettel Came to the Wulpensand in Search of His Daughter 4:48:13
- Tale XVIII: How Ludwig Slew Hettel, and Stole Away in the Night 4:59:01
- Tale XIX: How the Hegelings Went Home to Their Own Land 5:11:39
- Tale XX: How Hartmut Went Home to Normandy 5:22:31
- Tale XXI: How Gudrun Must Wash Clothes on the Beach 5:51:48
- Tale XXII: How Hilda Made War to Bring Back Her Daughter 6:01:42
- Tale XXIII: How Hilda’s Warriors Landed in Sight of Hartmut’s Kingdom 6:24:10
- Tale XXIV: How Their Coming Was Made Known to Gudrun 6:32:03
- Tale XXV: How Herwic and Ortwin Found Gudrun 6:46:35
- Tale XXVI: How the Hegelings Landed Near Ludwig’s Castle 7:29:02
- Tale XXVII: How Ludwig and Hartmut Met the Hegelings 7:39:24
- Tale XXVIII: How Herwic Slew Ludwig 8:02:59
- Tale XXIX: How Hartmut Was Taken Prisoner 8:20:31
- Tale XXX: How Gudrun Was Brought Home to Hilda 8:42:18
- Tale XXXI: How the Four Kings Were Wedded in Hilda’s Land 9:17:00
- Tale XXXII: How They All Went to Their Homes 9:26:30
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The epic poem Gudrun (or Kudrun) is a Middle High German heroic epic from the 13th century, written by an unidentified poet who was likely Bavarian or Austrian. The work is preserved in a single manuscript and is often regarded as an antithesis to the Nibelungenlied; where the Nibelungenlied emphasizes tragic vengeance, Gudrun emphasizes female resilience and reconciliation.
The story begins with the abduction of Gudrun’s mother, Hilda, by the warrior Hagen, who later becomes her husband. Their daughter, Gudrun, is betrothed to Herwic of Sealand, but she is kidnapped by Hartmut of Normandy and held captive for years, enduring hardship and refusing to marry him. After a long struggle, her betrothed Herwic and her family, led by her brother Ortwin, wage war to rescue her.