INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
The numbers refer to the Stanzas.
Alberich. A dwarf-king in Nibelung-land, from whom Siegfried won the Treasure and the Hood of Invisibility, 96, 493, 1117, etc.
Aldrian. Father of Hagen and Dankwart, 1534, etc.
Almerich. a Danubian hero, 1548, etc.
Amelungs. A clan of which Dietrich of Bern was chieftain, 2247, 2259. The Amali are known to history as an Ostrogothic tribe, descended from Amala the tenth ancestor of Theodoric the Great. Vide Gibbon, ch. x.
Arras, 1825.
Astold. A lord in Medlick, 1329.
Azagang. A mythical Eastern land, 439.
Balmung. The name of Siegfried's sword, 95, 207, 1798, 2347, etc.
Bechelaren. Pochlarn on the Danube, 1147.
Bern. Verona, 1718, etc.
Bloedelin, or Bloedel. Etzel's brother. Bleda is the historical name of Attila's brother, 1346, 1879, etc.
Botlung. Father of Etzel, 1314, 1372. Attila’s father is named in history Mundzuk.
Brunhilda (Brunhilt). Queen of “Iceland” and wife of Gunther, 329, etc.
Burgundia, or Burgundy. A country on the middle Rhine, 2, etc.
Dankrat. Husband of Uté, and father of the Burgundian kings and Kriemhild, 7.
Dankwart. Hagen’s younger brother, 9, etc.
Dietrich. Lord of Bern, living with Etzel in banishment; identified with Theodoric, the great Ostrogothic conqueror and ruler of Italy, 1719, etc.
Eckewart. Margrave of the Burgundian kingdom; afterwards attending on Kriemhilda, 9, 700, 1101, 1283, 1398, 1632, etc.
