Author · Lea Nachtmann·German
The cup stands before Kriemhild. Worked into the metal is a line of oath that no one had seen a moment before.
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At the welcome feast on the Rhine, a finely wrought cup is passed around; only in the light of the hall do words appear in the metal — an ancient oath that no one will read aloud. Kriemhild recognises in it not only memory but a trial. Hagen watches too intently, Giselher falls silent too abruptly, and the cup moves from hand to hand like a verdict. Whoever can read the oath is either named within it or has already played a part in its violation.
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