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Can a Germanophile give me context for this image please?

Also general Nibelungenlied thread I guess

>> No.12521044
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>>12520698
I have no explanation for that one, though I have always enjoyed his work. I could take it to /int/ later but I have no time right now. My image is just about nightmares and various imagery they might contain. Incidentally a nightmare auf Deutsch is an "elfdream" as indicated in my image title.

>> No.12521244

>>12521044

That little motif is very interesting. The demon sitting on her chest is called a 'mare', hence the english 'nightmare', and I suppose it was considered a type of elf, explaining the german example you gave. Furthermore in norwegian the word for nightmare is 'mareritt' aka a 'mare ride'.

Sorry if you already knew this, I just felt like spewing out trivia I guess.

>> No.12521311

>>12520698
It appears that Gunther cheated during the martial challenges that were set to him as qualifiers for Marriage to Brunhild by using a magic cloak that Siegfried loaned him. She was butthurt about it so she tied and hung him spider-style on the wedding so she could observe him in his torment of not being able to consumate his marriage.

>> No.12522238

>>12520698

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