Editing Gudrun (section)

===''Rosengarten zu Worms''===
[[File:Berliner rosengartenspiel sw.jpg|thumb|Dietleib and Walther both receive a garland of roses from Kriemhild. Image from a text of the Berlin ''Rosengarten'' play, SB Berlin mgf 800, Bl. 2v.]]
In the ''[[Rosengarten zu Worms]]'' (c. 1250), Kriemhild is the daughter of king Gibeche. She possesses a rose garden that is guarded by twelve heroes, including her fiancé, Siegfried. Desiring to see whether Siegfried can beat Dietrich von Bern in combat, she challenges Dietrich to bring twelve of his own heroes for a day of tournaments in the rose garden. The winner will receive a garland and a kiss from her as a reward. Dietrich accepts the challenge, and the heroes come to Worms. Eventually, all of the Burgundian heroes are defeated, including Siegfried, who flees to Kriemhild's lap in fear when Dietrich starts breathing fire. Dietrich's warrior Ilsan, a monk, punishes Kriemhild for her haughtiness in challenging Dietrich by demanding so many kisses from Kriemhild that his rough beard causes her face to bleed. In one version of the poem, Hagen curses Kriemhild for having provoked the combat.{{sfn|Millet|2008|pp=361–363}}

The poem takes a highly critical judgment of Kriemhild. As in the A and B versions of the ''Nibelungenlied'', she is called a ''vâlandinne'' (fiend) and she derives great joy from watching the knights fight in at times brutal combat.{{sfn|Millet|2008|p=366}}{{sfn|Lienert|2015|p=136}}

The name of Kriemhild's father, Gibeche, corresponds to Gjúki in the Scandinavian tradition, and is also found in the ''Lied vom Hürnen Seyfrid'' and Heldenbuch-Prosa (see below); this shows the ''Rosengarten's'' connection to an oral tradition outside of the ''Nibelungenlied'', despite the ''Rosengarten's'' obvious knowledge of the earlier poem.{{sfn|Millet|2008|p=364}}