ID: 901000806 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000806	Record Type: Literature

	Nibelungenlied (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200)

Note: Middle High German epic poem written ca. 1200 by an unknown Austrian from the Danube region. It is preserved in three main 13th-century manuscripts.

Display Date: written ca. 1200

Names:

	Nibelungenlied (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Nibelungenlied (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200) (German-P,D,N)
	Song of the Nibelungs (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200) (t,English,U,P)
	Der Nibelunge Not (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200) (English,U,P)
	The Nibelung Distress (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200) (t,English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
		............Nibelungenlied (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Alberich
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Norse iconography, Norse characters, Alberich (Norse character)) [901000808]

	actor is .... Siegfried
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Siegfried (literary character, Nibelungenlied)) [901000807]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... epic poem
	.....(narrative poems, poems by form, poems, poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	language is .... High German (language)
	.....(German (language), temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	author is .... unknown Austrian (Austrian cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Nibelungenlied (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Song of the Nibelungs (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Der Nibelunge Not (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	The Nibelung Distress (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)