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[V.3.1: C] Bruennhilde names (#92) Siegfried: Sieglinde praises the (#93) sublimest Wonder of Bruennhilde's loving self-sacrifice for the Waelsungs, and escapes to Fafner's forest. 424-428
The Valkyrie: Act Three, Scene Two 429-438
[V.3.2] Bruennhilde's rocky peak: the Valkyries, Bruennhilde, and Wotan 429-438
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[V.3.2: A] Wotan: (to Bruennhilde, hiding behind her sisters) Do you hear me complain and (#81B) hide in fear of punishment? Wotan accuses: Bruennhilde, the womb of his wishes, flouted his will. 429-431
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[V.3.2: B] Wotan accuses: Bruennhilde, his wish-maid, flouted his will. Wotan’s punishment: he will banish Bruennhilde from Valhalla. 431-433
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[V.3.2: C] Wotan: I'll lay you under a spell: in (#94) shelterless sleep I'll leave Bruennhilde for any man to wake and wed her. Bruennhilde's Valkyrie-sisters plead (#95) for Wotan to be merciful to Bruennhilde and not leave her for a man to take, but Wotan's threat to subject them to similar punishment scatters them in fear. 433-438
The Valkyrie: Act Three, Scene Three 439-460
[V.3.3] Bruennhilde's rocky peak: Bruennhilde and Wotan 439-460
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[V.3.3: A] Bruennhilde: (#96A) Was what I did so wrong? I represented your better self. 439-441
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[V.3.3: B] Bruennhilde stood by Siegmund because she saw what Wotan, (#81/#89) beset by conflict, could not see, Siegmund's heart. (#96B) Inwardly true to your will which inspired my love for Siegmund, I flouted your command. 441-443
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[V.3.3: C] Wotan upset that Bruennhilde could live for love while he was burdened by unbearable knowledge ["Noth"]. 443-446
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[V.3.3: D] Bruennhilde begs Wotan to insure only a true hero wins her, but he remains unmoved. 446-449
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[V.3.3: E] Bruennhilde: What punishment have you planned for me? Wotan: (#97) I'll seal you in sleep. (#20c) He who wakes you will win you as wife. Bruennhilde: If defenceless sleep must leave me prey to cowards, I beg you to shield me (#98) with terrors, (#92) that only a fearless, free hero can wake and win me. Wotan: You ask too much! Bruennhilde: Let a (#35) ring of fire protect me from cowards. Wotan finally bows to Bruennhilde’s passion: Loge will protect her with a ring of fire so only a fearless hero can win her. Wotan: Fare Well! (#Independent Aria based on #98) If I must shun you, let a bridal fire burn for you. 449-454
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[V.3.3: F] Wotan bids Bruennhilde farewell: (#99) For one last time let me look into your eyes! (#18) So the god turns away from you, (#37) kisses your godhead away. He lays her under her armor, asleep, then prepares to leave her forever. 454-456
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[V.3.3: G] Wotan (#100) calls forth Loge to surround the sleeping Bruennhilde with a protective ring of fire which will scare away all men except the one hero freer than the god, Siegfried. 457-460
