The Song of the Nibelungs was created in the 13th century. She describes the events that took place in the last quarter of the 12th century. So, Etzel (Attila) played a wedding with the Burgundian Krimhilda, the widow of Siegfried, Merovingian, in one of the Slavic cities - in Noritsa Vienna - at this very time. Many will be indignant: after all, Attila, judging by the official chronology, lived in the first half of the 5th century. However, the Song tells us otherwise. The songs are not created to mislead visiting foreigners …
Evidence that the events described in the "Song" took place at the end of the 12th century:
1. Kriemhild was heading from Worms to Attila. On the way, she decided to visit her Burgundian relatives.
Kept Kriemhild's path through the Bavarian region.
On Passau, where the Danube merges with the Inn …
And the old monastery is still intact.
Bishop Pilgrim, a saintly man, owned that city …
While Bishop Pilgrim and Kriemhild were on their way, Promotional video:
The news has already arrived in the city
That he will arrive with his niece alone, And the merchants gave her a festive reception.
(Beowulf. Elder Edda. Song of the Nibelungs. From the ser. "BVL". - M.: "HL", 1975. - S. 505, 506)
Is there any evidence of her relatives? Sure.
Passau was actually owned by the pious Bishop Pilgrim, Krimhild's uncle. His tomb at the end of the 12th century, that is, shortly before the creation of the "Song of the Nibelungs" by an unknown spielman (in what language?), Began to enjoy great popularity among numerous pilgrims and holy fools.
She served as a place of pilgrimage for them, since, according to rumors, those suffering from bodily ailments and demoniacs after touching her sacred plates received miraculous healing.
So, the dating of the Song of the Nibelungs by the first decades of the 13th century is confirmed. But not before …
Preserved in the annals of history and the name of Pilgrim's successor - Bishop Wolfger (Mr. Wolf) (1191 - 1204).
It is believed that Pilgrim himself lived, judging by the official chronology, in the 10th century, but this is a mistake, since otherwise the question arises: how to explain the lack of demand for the tomb for two centuries (Song of the Nibelungs. Old German epic / Transl. Yu. B. Korneev - L.: Nauka, 1972. - P.20. Sn. 214)? Bishop Pilgrim of Passau turned out to be a contemporary of Attila …
2. In Adventure XXII, which is titled "How Krimhilda married Etzel (Father - a.)", The arrival of guests from the neighboring lands of Attila's empire is described:
Von verschiednen Sprachen sah man auf den Wegen
Vor König Etzeln reiten viel der kühnen Degen, Von Christen und von Heiden manches weite Heer:
Als sie die Fraue fanden, sie zogen herrlich einher. (1383)
Von Reußen und von Griechen ritt da mancher Mann:
Der Pol 'und der Wallache zog geschwind heran
Auf den guten Rossen, die sie kräftig ritten.
Da zeigte sich ein jeder in seinen heimischen Sitten. (1384)
Aus dem Land zu Kiew kam da mancher Mann
Und die wilden Peschenegen. Viele huben an
Und schossen nach den Vögeln, die in den Lüften flogen;
Mit Kräften sie die Pfeile nach des Bogens Wänden zogen. (1385)
Rushing along crowded roads to a rumble of a different language, The great king flew with his retinue to Kriemhild.
He was accompanied by fighters from different countries -
He took pagans with him as well as Christians.
Then rearing their dashing horses, Then again with a loud cry spurring them on, The Russians and the Greeks, the Volokhs and the Poles, rode, Everyone tried to shine with fearlessness and dexterity.
From the onions of the Pechenegs - they were there too! -
They hit any bird with a well-aimed arrow.
Follow their noisy and wild horde
Fighters from all over Holy Russia rushed in a thick crowd
(Beowulf. Elder Edda. Song of the Nibelungs. From the ser. "BVL". - M.: "HL", 1975. - S. 510). The Vlachs are mentioned, not the Romanians. The latter appeared only in the 20th century.
But here the Song describes to us the same last quarter of the 12th century: both the Pechenegs and the glades, which could not have existed in the 5th century.
Author: Evgeny Koparev