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  • [T.P: C] Norns: (#116) Runes of trustily counseled treaties (#115) Wotan  carved on his spear which he held as his  grip  on the world. A hero shattered Wotan’s spear. Wotan made his heroes chop down the World-Ash, and place its logs around Valhalla. Wotan sits and waits for the twilight of  the gods.   739-740 

  • [T.P: D] Norns: Wotan tamed Loge. Loge gnawed at Wotan’s spear to free himself. Wotan made him protect Bruennhilde's sleep. Wotan will plunge  his spear into Loge to light the fatal fire.   741-742

  • [T.P: E] Norns: Alberich’s curse gnaws at the rope of fate [but Nothung (#57) and Siegfried's  Youthful Horncall (#103) cut it]. The wise women no longer spin their rope. They descend  into Erda's sleep!        742-748

 

Twilight of the Gods: Prologue, Part Two      749-770

[T.P] On top of Bruennhilde's rocky peak: Bruennhilde and Siegfried       749-770           

  • [T.P: F] Prelude: (Sunrise) (#148) Bruennhilde: (#149) My love inspires your new adventures. (#150) I gave you Wotan's Hoard of  runes. Siegfried: (#150) You gave me more than I know how to guard. (#149) Your teaching left me  untaught.    749-753

  • [T.P: G] Bruennhilde: To love me, think of yourself and your exploits I inspire! Preserve the  trust we have in each other!    754-755

  • [T.P: H] Siegfried: In exchange for your runes take this Ring. It enfolds the virtue of all my deeds. Keep its power  safe. Bruennhilde: For the Ring (#13) (#12) take my horse: like me, he  can  no longer fly.    755-756

  • [T.P: I] Siegfried: (#150) Through your virtue alone I undertake adventures. You choose my battles. (#111) I'm no longer Siegfried, but only your arm! Bruennhilde: We each  of  us are both you and I!    757-766

  • [T.P: J] Siegfried’s Rhine Journey (#145) in search of adventures inspired by the love of his muse Bruennhilde: Wagner’s metaphor for the history of secular art up to the time of Wagner and  his revolutionary music-drama. (#151) (#152)    766-770  

 

Twilight of the Gods: Act One   771-850

Twilight of the Gods: Act One, Scene One      771-786

[T.1.1] Gibichung Hall: Hagen, Gunther, and Gutrune     771-786

  • [T.1.1: A] Gunther: (#152) How’s my fame on the Rhine? Hagen: (#151) Worthy of envy, yet your fame remains poor. The world's noblest woman, high on a fell encircled by fire. Siegfried alone can  win her for you.          771-775

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