Ni´be-lun´gen Hoard, treasure seized by Siegfried from the Nibelungs, buried in the Rhine by Hagan after killing Siegfried, and lost when Hagan was killed by Kriemhild; theme of Wagner’s four music-dramas, “The Ring of the Nibelungen,” [353].
Ni´be-lun´gen Lied, German epic, giving the same nature-myth as the Norse Volsunga Saga, concerning the Hoard, [352], [354].
Ni´be-lun´gen Ring, Wagner’s music-dramas, [354]-[357].
Ni´be-lungs, the, a race of Northern dwarfs, [353], [354].
Nid´hogge, a serpent in the lower world that lives on the dead, [330].
Niffle´heim, mist world of the Norsemen; the Hades of absent spirits, [330], [333], [335], [348].
Nile, Egyptian river, [31], [44].
Nim´rod, tower of, [301].
Ni´nus, Tomb of, [24].