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[[#107]] A child’s longing for the sanctuary of his authentic parents’ home (nest)

(#107’s motival links, if any, not yet ascertained)

[[#108]] Siegfried’s question to Mime: since all animals and humans have loving fathers and mothers, where, Mime, is your loving wife, that I can call her mother?

(#108’s motival links, if any, not yet ascertained)

[[#109]] Siegfried reconnects with his heroic Waelsung heritage through the pieces of Siegmund’s broken sword, Nothung

Wotan’s broken sword Nothung (formerly wielded by Siegmund) represents the “well-hewn causeway” laid down by all past heroes of religio-artistic endeavor, Siegfried’s heritage as an artist-hero, which Mime – representative of established society, which is predicated on fear - has hidden from Siegfried

(#109 is a compound motif comprised of #57 and #103, thus conceptually linking Siegfried – Siegfried’s Youthful Horncall #103 – with Wotan’s Grand Idea for Redemption and Siegmund’s sword Nothung, both represented by #57ab; see #57 and #103 for motival links)

[[#110]] Siegfried’s joyful feeling of emancipation from Mime and his abhorrent claims on Siegfried

Siegfried, having forced Mime to restore Siegfried’s lost heritage, the two pieces of Nothung, will now go forth from the forest and into the world with his newly re-forged sword

(#110’s motival links, in any, not yet ascertained; #110b may contain #21?)