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ID: 901000807
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000807
Record Type: Character/Person

Siegfried (literary character, Nibelungenlied)

Note: Legendary dragon-slaying hero in the Nibelungenlied. Based on the Norse hero Sigurd.

Display Date: 11th century

Names:
Siegfried (literary character, Nibelungenlied) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Literary characters> (P)
........Siegfried (literary character, Nibelungenlied) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Nibelungenlied
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Poetry, Nibelungenlied (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200)) [901000806]
is identified as .... Sigurd
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Norse iconography, Norse characters, Sigurd (Norse character)) [901001608]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... hero
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Siegfried (literary character, Nibelungenlied)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd#/media/File:Siegfried_from_Wagner.jpg

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