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Opening stanza

The famous opening of the Nibelungenlied is actually thought to be an addition by the adaptor of the "*C" version of the Nibelungenlied, as it does not appear in the manuscript of B, which probably represents the earlier version. It may have been inspired by the prologue of the Nibelungenklage.

Manuscript B instead begins with the introduction of Kriemhild, the protagonist of the work.