[Footnote 119: Siegfried, hero of the Nibelungenlied, the old German e… — Essays

Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Footnote 119: Siegfried, hero of the Nibelungenlied, the old German epic poem. Having slain a dragon, he bathed in its blood and became covered with an invulnerable horny hide, only one small spot between his shoulders which was covered by a leaf remaining vulnerable. Into this spot the treacherous Hagen plunged his lance.]

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