A Companion to the Nibelungenlied - Paperbackby Winder McConnell (Editor) Key topics in important German medieval work surveyed and reassessed. Few works of the middle ages can boast the staying power' of the 'heroic' Nibelungenlied and few have generated more controversy both among scholars and the educated public. The Nibelung theme has been ubiquitous over the past 150 years in a wide spectrum of literary and as well as non literary endeavors. It was used by Friedrich Hebbel as the basis for