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[[#34]] “Loge's Flickering Flames”

(#34 has no specific motival links, but is clearly in the family of Nature in Motion Motifs such as #11, #38, etc.)

[[#35]] Loge’s artistic self-deception makes man long for the impossible

“Loge’s Transformations Motif”

(#35 basis of #42, #43, #100, and #154; related to #48)

[[#36]] The value of Loge’s deceptive advice can only be known in the long run

“Loge's Deceptions”

(#36 based on #27; basis of #44, #101, and #116)

[[#37]] “Loveless” World

Otherwise known as the “Motif of Woman’s Worth” – This motif, a sign for the motif from which it is derived, #18, is the embodiment of man’s “Fall,” through his acquisition of reflective consciousness, the anguish or “Noth” which is the price of consciousness

(#37 based on #18b; it influences many other motifs)

[[#38]] Musical prologue to Loge's narrative about the impossibility of finding a substitute for love

(#38 based on #2 and #14; related to #175)