Gunther

Japanese: Gunther
Gunther

... In the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried one day defeats the Nibelungen tribe and becomes the owner of a huge treasure, and he steals the "cloak of invisibility" from the treasure guardian Albrich. It is also said that when he slayed a dragon, he was covered in its blood, which made his whole body keratinized and made him immortal. In fact, there is a spot on his back that was not covered in blood because of a leaf, and this spot becomes a weak spot that later leads to him being stabbed to death by Hagen, a senior retainer of the Burgundian king Gunther. The cloak of invisibility is useful when Gunther proposes to Brunhild, and the Nibelungen treasure becomes a source of conflict. ...

From the Nibelungenlied

…The second half of the work is centered on the revenge of Kriemhild, and its source material is an epic poem about the downfall of the Burgundians, said to have been written in the Danube basin in the mid-12th century. Siegfried, a prince of the Netherlands, uses the power of invisibility to help Gunther, the king of Burgundy, marry Brynhild, and is allowed to marry her sister Kriemhild in return. When the two queens argue over the rank of their husbands, Brynhild learns of the trick to marry Kriemhild, and out of shame, she plots to kill Siegfried, and Hagen, a senior official of King Gunther, kills Siegfried. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gunther" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 《ニーベルンゲンの歌》では,ジークフリートはあるときニーベルンゲン族を倒して莫大な宝の所有者となり,宝番のアルプリヒからは〈隠れ蓑〉を奪ったこと,さらに彼がかつて竜を退治した際にその返り血を浴びて全身が角質となり,不死身となったことなどが語られる。実は彼の背中には一枚の木の葉のために血を浴びなかった所があり,そこが弱点となって後にブルグント王グンテルGuntherの重臣ハーゲンHagenに刺し殺されることになる。隠れ蓑はグンテルのブリュンヒルト求婚の際に役に立ち,ニーベルンゲン族の宝は争いのもととなる。…

【ニーベルンゲンの歌】より

…後半はクリームヒルトKriemhild(クードルーン)の復讐が主題で,その素材は12世紀中葉にドナウ川流域で書かれたといわれるブルグント族滅亡の叙事詩である。 ネーデルラントの王子ジークフリートは,ブルグント王グンテルGuntherのブリュンヒルトBrynhild(ブリュンヒルデ,ブルンヒルデ)との結婚を〈隠れ蓑〉の力を用いて助け,代りにその妹クリームヒルトとの結婚を許される。この2人の妃たちが夫の地位の上下を言い争った際に,ブリュンヒルトはクリームヒルトから結婚のトリックを知らされ,その恥辱ゆえにジークフリート殺害を企て,グンテル王の重臣ハーゲンHagenがジークフリートを殺す。…

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