Siegfried: (with an immense effort to recall some forgotten memory) ‘Only he who breaks through the fire?’
Gunther: (#129? [dies out]) – may sue for Bruennhilde’s love (:#129?).
(#154: Siegfried’s gesture at the mention of Bruennhilde’s name shows that all memory of her has faded completely).
Gunther: (#voc?: [#35, #42, or #97?]) Now I may not climb that fell (:#voc? [#35, #42, or #97?): (#154) the fire will (#165 embryo voc?: [a Gibich-style leap, high notes on “mir nie,” i.e., “for me never”]) never die down for me (:#165 embryo voc?)!
Siegfried: (#33: [the vari associated with the Norns, as heard also in the Twilight of the Gods finale they foresaw?] Returning to his senses from his dream-like state and turning to Gunther with high-spirited animation: #33b: [Norns’ vari]) I’m not afraid of any fire: for you I’ll woo the woman (:#33b – Norns’ vari); (#33a:) for your liegeman am I and my courage is yours (:#33a), (#156a:) if I can win Gutrune as wife (:#156a).
Gunther: (#21?:; #33b:; #156a:) I grant you Gutrune gladly (:#21?; :#33b). (#33b/#77)
Siegfried: (#33b/#77:) I’ll bring back Bruennhilde for you (:#156a).
Gunther: How do you plan to deceive her? (#33)
Siegfried: (#33:) through the tarnhelm’s disguise (#oboe?: [97 inversion or #42?]) I’ll change my shape with yours (:#33 “Norns vari”; :#oboe? [#97 inversion or #42?]).
As Siegfried tells Gunther that nothing would be denied him if Siegfried stands beside him to help him win Bruennhilde, we hear #141, the motif representing the fact that Bruennhilde is Siegfried’s self because she holds for him what he does not know, the knowledge of his true identity and history and fate (#87), and thereby protects him from Wotan’s existential fear. By giving Bruennhilde - his muse of inspiration, who holds for him the contents of his unconscious mind - to Gunther, Siegfried will not only be losing Bruennhilde’s magical protection from the wounds of
