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ˈni bəˌlʊŋni·belung
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Nibelungnoun
(German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried
Nibelungnoun
(German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried
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nibelung
A Nibelung is a term from Germanic mythology, often used to refer to a mythical race of dwarfs or to the royal lineage from a medieval epic, The Nibelungenlied. This epic tells the story of Siegfried, a hero who gets the treasure of the Nibelungs, his tragic betrayal, and the bloody revenge of his wife, Kriemhild. The term can be used to refer to any of the specific characters in this story, the legendary treasure, or myth in general.
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Nibelung
The German Nibelungen — with the corresponding Old Norse form Niflung — is the name in Germanic and Norse mythology of the royal family or lineage of the Burgundians who settled in the early 5th century at Worms. The vast wealth of the Burgundians is often referred to as the Niblung or Niflung hoard. In some German texts Nibelung appears instead as one of the supposed original owners of that hoard, either the name of one of the kings of a people known as the Nibelungs, or — in variant form Nybling — as the name of a dwarf. In Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, Nibelung denotes a dwarf, or perhaps a specific race of dwarves.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Nibelung
king of the Nibelungen, a mythical Burgundian tribe, the fabulous possessor of a hoard of wealth so inexhaustible that "twelve waggons in twelve days, at the rate of three journeys a day, could not carry it off," and which he bequeathed to his two sons on his deathbed, by the vanquishing of whom the hoard fell into the hands of the redoubtable hero Siegfried.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nibelung in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nibelung in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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