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

[[#68]] “Hunding's Honor,” Hearth and Home

(#68 based on #19a; basis of #159; related through #19 to #17, #20a, #46, #50, #51, and #167)

[[#69]] The Innocent Maiden’s Weeping

The anonymous, innocent maiden weeps over the bodies of her dead brothers who had tried to force her into a loveless marriage, after Siegmund tried to intervene in her behalf, in response to her appeal – bespeaking the contradiction between individual conscience and social mores

(#69 basis of #80a)

[[#70]] “Infinite Sorrow of the Waelsungs”

The reason why Siegmund can’t call himself happy, but must call himself Woeful: Siegmund suffers anguish in striving always to do right according to his own lights, his own conscience, which places him perpetually at odds with the thoughtless adherence to tradition and rules of established society

(#70 based on an embryo drawn from Siegmund’s prior vocal line: (to Hunding and Sieglinde) “[[ #70 Embryo ]] A Woelfing [i.e., son of Wotan disguised as Wolfe, and also disguised as Waelse] tells you this, whom as Woelfing many know well.”; #70’s motival links, if any, not yet ascertained)

[[#71]] “The Tragic Waelsung Race”

Siegmund’s anguish in striving always to do right according to his own lights, his own conscience, which places him perpetually at odds with the thoughtless adherence to tradition and rules of established society