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([[ #66 ]]: Deeply shaken, Siegmund remains where he is; he gazes searchingly at Sieglinde, who lowers her eyes, ashamed and sad.)

 

Siegmund: Woeful [“Wehwalt”] I have called myself. Hunding I’ll await. (… his gaze is fixed on Sieglinde in calm and resolute sympathy: the latter slowly raises her eyes to his. [[ #66 ]]; #63; #40 or #64 Vari?: A deep silence ensues, during which they both gaze into each others’ eyes with an expression of great emotion.)”

[[#66]] The Waelsungs’ “Noth,” Siegmund’s and Sieglinde’s “mutual bond of sympathy” for each other

The Waelsung twins Siegmund and Sieglinde feel sympathy for each other as victims of the “Noth” which their father Wotan (known to them only in his disguise as a mortal man, as Waelse, and Woelf) has imposed on them: they are martyrs unwittingly dedicated by Wotan to the tragically futile quest to redeem the gods from Alberich’s curse on his Ring.

(#66’s motival links, if any, not yet ascertained; could #66 be related to #106?)

[See #65 for #66’s Dramatic Context]

[[#67]] “Hunding” (i.e., “Hounding”), model citizen of established society

Hunding, Sieglinde’s authoritarian husband and conservative adherent of tradition, honor, and inherited rights, who bought Sieglinde from the Neidings after they killed her mother and took her captive, thus forcing her into a loveless marriage

(#67’s motival links, if any, not yet ascertained; but there does seem to be some #26ab influence here)

“([[ #67 ]]: Sieglinde suddenly starts up, listens and hears Hunding leading his horse to the stable outside. She hurries over to the door and opens it. Hunding, armed with shield and spear, enters and stops in the doorway upon noticing Siegmund. Hunding turns to Sieglinde with a look of stern inquiry. [[ #67 ]]

 

Sieglinde: (in reply to Hunding’s inquiring expression.) Faint by the hearth I found this man: need [“Noth”] has brought him to our house. (#62)

 

Hunding: You tended him?