annul themselves, that is, must part with their immediate influence through freedom of man’s conscience. [377W-{6-8/48} The Nibelungen Myth: PW Vol. VII, p. 302-303]
[378W-{6-8/48} The Nibelungen Myth: PW Vol. VII, p. 304]
[P. 304] {FEUER} … he [Siegfried] marries her [Bruennhilde] with Alberich’s ring, which he places on her finger. When the longing spurs him to new deeds, she gives him lessons in her secret lore, warns him of the dangers of deceit and treachery: they swear each other vows, and Siegfried speeds forth. [378W-{6-8/48} The Nibelungen Myth: PW Vol. VII, p. 304]
[379W-{6-8/48} The Nibelungen Myth: PW Vol. VII, p. 305]
[P. 305] {FEUER} “… Siegfried for the first and only time exerts his power as Ruler of the Nibelungen, by putting on the Tarnhelm and thereby taking Gunther’s form and look; thus masked, he passes through the flames to Bruennhild. Already robbed by Siegfried of her maidhood, she has lost alike her superhuman strength, and all her runecraft she has made away to Siegfried – who does not use it … .” [379W-{6-8/48} The Nibelungen Myth: PW Vol. VII, p. 305]
[380W-{6-8/48} The Nibelungen Myth: PW Vol. VII, p. 310]
[P. 310] {FEUER} “Bruennhild: ‘Thou forward hero, how thou held’st me banned! All my rune-lore I bewrayed to thee, a mortal, and so went widowed of my wisdom; thou usedst it not, though trustedst in thyself alone: but now that thou must yield it up through death, my knowledge comes to me again, and this Ring’s runes I rede. The ur-law’s runes, too, know I now, the Norns’ old saying! Hear then, ye mighty Gods, your guilt is quit: thank him, the hero, who took your guilt upon him! ‘ “ [380W-{6-8/48} The Nibelungen Myth: PW Vol. VII, p. 310]
[381W-{10-11/48} Siegfried’s Death: PW Vol. VIII, p. 4]
[P. 4] {FEUER} “Second [Norn]:
The hero won Bruennhild,
broke the Valkyrie’s sleep:
loving, she teacheth him runes.
Third:
Her runes unheeding, faithless on earth,
yet faithful for ever, he tricketh his dear one:
but his deed she hath wit to unravel,
freely to finish what glad he began.”
[381W-{10-11/48} Siegfried’s Death: PWVol. VIII, p. 4]
[382W-{10-11/48} Siegfried’s Death: PW Vol. VIII, p. 16]
[P. 16] {FEUER} “The Walkueren (drawing nearer and nearer, as the stage grows darker):
Bruennhild! Bruennhild! Long-lost sister!
Gav’st thou away thy godlike might?
Bruennhild:
