Siegfried - Siegfried (English spelling) German

Japanese: ジークフリート - じーくふりーと(英語表記)Siegfried ドイツ語
Siegfried - Siegfried (English spelling) German

A great hero who appears in the heroic legends of the Germanic people. There are two strands of the Siegfried legend. One is about Siegfried, who is related to the family of Walsung, who was favored by Odin, the chief god of Norse legend, and appears in the Icelandic epic poem "Edda". The other is a fragmentary heroic tale that has existed throughout Germany since ancient times, and Siegfried, who appears in the first part of "The Nibelungenlied", was born by combining these. He eventually becomes the protagonist of the third and fourth parts of Wagner's music drama "The Ring of the Nibelung" (1853-70). "The Nibelungenlied" was written around the beginning of the 13th century, and the Siegfried who appears in it is a prince of the Lower Netherlands on the Rhine. He steals the Tarnkappe, a "cloak of invisibility" from a dwarf named Albreich, and gains the strength of 12 men. He slays an evil dragon, and is covered in its blood, which causes his skin to turn keratinous, making him an immortal warrior. However, at this time, a linden leaf happens to fall and land on his back, making it his fatal weak spot. He is then stabbed to death by his brother-in-law, Hagen, as he bends over a spring. Siegfried's status as a hero to the German people can also be seen from the fact that the line of forts built to counter the French Maginot Line before World War II was named the "Siegfried Line." One of his plays is Giraudoux's "Siegfried" (1928).

[Hideo Funato]

[References] | Nibelungenlied

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ゲルマン民族の英雄伝説に現れる優れた英雄。ジークフリート伝説には二つの流れがあって、一つは北欧伝説の主神オーディンによって寵愛(ちょうあい)されたウォルスングの家系に連なるジークルトにまつわるものであり、アイスランドの叙事詩『エッダ』に登場する。もう一つは古くからドイツ一円に存在する断片的な英雄譚(たん)であり、それらがほぼ一つになって生まれたのが、『ニーベルンゲンの歌』の第1部に登場するジークフリートである。そして彼はやがてワーグナーの楽劇『ニーベルングの指環(ゆびわ)』(1853~70)の第3部、第4部の主人公となる。『ニーベルンゲンの歌』は13世紀初めごろの作品であるが、ここに登場するジークフリートはライン川下流ネーデルラントの王子。アルブリーヒという小人から「隠れ蓑(みの)」Tarnkappeを奪い12人力を得て、悪竜を退治し、全身にその血を浴びて皮膚が角質化し、不死身の勇士となった。しかしこのときたまたま背中に菩提樹(ぼだいじゅ)の葉が1枚落ちてきてとどまり、そのためにそこだけが致命的な弱点となる。やがて義兄の臣ハーゲンによって、泉に身をかがめたときにそこを刺されて死ぬ。ジークフリートがドイツ国民の英雄的存在となっていることは、第二次世界大戦を前にして、フランスの「マジノ線」に対して築いた要塞(ようさい)線を「ジークフリート線」と名づけたことからもわかる。劇作としてはジロドゥーの『ジークフリート』(1928)がある。

[船戸英夫]

[参照項目] | ニーベルンゲンの歌

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