What are the mystique qualities of Nibelungenlied?

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The Niebelungenlied is a combination of two older epics. The earliest manuscripts of the (combined) epic date from around 1200-1205. The key motifs are vengeance, spectacular violence, doom, gloom and destruction. (There's precious little 'mystique').

Many German nationalists just loved the Nibelungenlied. In 1860 a fervent nationalist wrote:

Brach Etzels Saal in Glut zusammen,

Als er die Nibelungen zwang,

So soll Europa stehen in Flammen

Ob der Germanen Untergang!

(English: Just as Attlita's hall collapsed in glowing embers when he defeated the Nibelungs, so Europe will go up in flames if the Germans perish).

The Nazis turned this into a shorter slogan ... and went a long way to acting it out for real.

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