Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
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Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine is by Lewis Spence. The introduction says that an abundance of literature exists on the subject of the Rhine and its legends, but with few exceptions the works on it which are accessible to English-speaking peoples are antiquated in spirit and verbiage. The contents list a chapter titled WORMS AND THE NIBELUNGENLIED.
A historical sketch says that the Rhine has attracted to its banks a succession of races of widely divergent origin, and that Celt, Teuton, Slav, and Roman have contested for the territories which it waters. One tale tells how the ocean burst through the dyke which Richberta had raised, overwhelmed the town, and buried it for ever under the waves. A story has Charlemagne say, in an awed voice, "In the name of God and St. Goar, let us go ashore". A section headed The Klingelkapelle says there once stood an ancient, moss-grown cell on the road between Gernsbach and Eberstein.
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- Lewis Spence
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