Motif
Downfall of a royal people
downfall_of_a_royal_people
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
germanic
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The Nibelungenlied THE NIBELUNGENLIED. / THE NIBELUNGENLIED / I. THE NIBELUNGEN SAGA / II. THE NIBELUNGENLIED; lines 712-768 confidence: medium
The closing strophe of manuscript C gives the title as the lay of the Nibelungen; manuscripts A and B phrase it as the need, distress, or downfall of the Nibelungen; in the title, Nibelungen is equivalent to Burgundians, and the poem relates the downfall of the Burgundian kings and their people.
The passage states that the poem relates the downfall of the Burgundian kings and their people.
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