1. (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart

Type of: mythical being

Encyclopedia: Siegfried Siegfried, Count of Luxembourg Siegfried, Margrave of Merseburg Siegfried, Count of Merseburg

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