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The Nibelungenlied · Character

Dame Uté

Mother of Gunther, Gernot, Giselher, and Kriemhilda.

minor

Also known as Uté, Queen Uté, noble Uté

First appearance: Adventure I: Kriemhilda

Dame Uté shows up with force in Adventure I: Kriemhilda. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mother of the Burgundian kings and Kriemhilda; she interprets Kriemhilda's dream as a prophecy of a future husband who will be killed.
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In Adventure I: Kriemhilda: Mother of the Burgundian kings and Kriemhilda; she interprets Kriemhilda's dream as a prophecy of a future husband who will be killed. Later, in How Siegfried First Saw Kriemhilda:…

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Character Web

22 connections

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SISiegfriedHAHagenGEGernotWEWerbelKGKing GuntherDUDame Uté

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Burgundian and Hun nobility

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

This is the story's dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak where Dietrich, the…

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