2/3 into nibelungenlied and now kinda want to read about comparative mythology
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...a la achilles, and the whole theme of brunhild-as-amazon holding deadly competition for her hand a la atalanta, to classical myth
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and it makes me wonder how much is shared prehistorical PIE storyform, or transmission from classical culture, or just obvious enough ideas to emerge independently
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