The Nibelungenlied (The Song of the Nibelungs) is most likely one of the best known pieces of literature written in Middle High German, an old version of today's language, used between approx. 1050 and 1350. The epic poem - yes, it really is a poem, even though it fills a whole book - tells the story of the dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of ( Read more... )

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As you can imagine, I haven't read much Goethe. But I found an interesting article that talks about how Dalai Lama by Rammstein is a bit of an updated version of Erlkönig by Goethe ...

Yeah, I'm too lazy to type all this out, so it's going to be a big print screen! ( Read more... )