Editing Gudrun (section)

===Heldenbuch-Prosa===
The [[Heldenbuch#The "Heldenbuch-Prosa"|Heldenbuch-Prosa]], first found in the 1480 [[Heldenbuch]] of Diebolt von Hanowe and afterwards contained in printings until 1590, is considered one of the most important attestations of a continued oral tradition outside of the ''Nibelungenlied'', with many details agreeing with the ''Thidrekssaga''.{{sfn|Gentry|McConnell|Müller|Wunderlich|2011|pp=186–187}}

In the Heldenbuch-Prosa, Kriemhild is the daughter of king Gibeche and married to Siegfried. She arranges for the disaster at Etzel's hall in order to take vengeance on Dietrich von Bern for having killed Siegfried in the rose garden. She provokes the fighting by having her and Etzel's son brought into the hall and having the child provoke Hagen, who kills him. This leads to an outbreak of hostilities in which many heroes die. When Dietrich takes Gunther and Hagen prisoner, she cuts off their heads, causing Dietrich to cut her to pieces.{{sfn|Millet|2008|p=428}}{{sfn|Lienert|2015|p=167–168}}{{sfn|Gillespie|1973|p=19}}