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[T.1.1: B] Gunther: You make me desire the impossible! Hagen: If Siegfried won her for you, Bruennhilde would be yours. Gunther: What would make him do this? Hagen: Your entreaty would force him if Gutrune bound him first. Gutrune: (#153) You mock me. How should I ever bind Siegfried? Hagen: (#153) Recall the potion. (#37/#24) It will bind to you in love the hero for whom you long. (#42) (#154) Bound by my love-and-forgetting potion, Siegfried will forget all other women and love you. 775-783
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[T.1.1: C] Gunther: How find him? Hagen: In quest for adventure the world becomes a small pinewood [the "Wonder"]. Hagen recognizes Siegfried approaching by boat, and has him put into shore. 783-786
Twilight of the Gods: Act One, Scene Two 787-816
[T.1.2] Gibichung Hall: Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune, and Siegfried 787-816
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[T.1.2: A] Hagen and Gunther give Siegfried a tense welcome, Siegfried wondering how Hagen knew his name (#51). Grane instinctively reacts with fear to Hagen's offer to take her to a stable. 787-789
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[T.1.2: B] (#155) Gunther offers Siegfried false friendship and service: Siegfried only offers himself. Hagen: But you own the Nibelung Hoard? Siegfried: Yes, but, not valueing it, I only took this helm (Tarnhelm) and a ring from it. 789-794
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[T.1.2: C] Siegfried accepts a drink mixed with Hagen’s potion. He drinks it, privately making a toast to loving remembrance of Bruennhilde: (#140) Were all forgotten that you gave me, one lesson I'll never neglect: (#134) (#139) this first drink to love-and-remembrance, Bruennhilde, I drink to you. He forgets Bruennhilde, and asks for Gutrune's (#156) hand in marriage. 794-797
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[T.1.2: D] Gunther tells of a noble woman surrounded by fire he seeks but hasn't the courage to win. Siegfried offers to abduct Bruennhilde for Gunther if Siegfried can take Gutrune as wife. To fool Bruennhilde into taking Siegfried for Gunther, Siegfried will employ the Tarnhelm's magic to give himself Gunther's appearance. 798-801
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[T.1.2: E] Siegfried and Gunther swear an oath of blood-brotherhood (#21): Gunther: (#157) To blood-brotherhood let us swear an oath. Both: (#158) The fresh blood of flowering life I let trickle into the drink. May our life-blood of brotherly love bloom in the drink. (#160) Faith I drink to my friend! (#111) Happy ["Froh"] and free ["Frei"] (#157) may blood-brotherhood spring from our bond! Gunther: (#159) If a brother breaks the bond - Siegfried: (#159) If a friend betrays his faithful friend - Both: What we drank today in sweet drops shall stream in rivers in atonement of a friend. Hagen holds for them the cup of wine but doesn't take the oath. (#21) He strikes the cup in two with his sword. 801-806
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[T.1.2: F] Siegfried: Why didn't you join us? Hagen: I didn’t participate because my cold blood (#19) (#37) would mar your drink, not mixing well (#31/#41) with such noble, fiery blood. 806-807
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[T.1.2: G] Siegfried and Gunther depart by boat for Bruennhilde’s mount with a manic urgency (#35/#100/#77) like a force of nature or destiny, leaving Hagen behind to guard Gibichung Hall until their return. 807-809
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[T.1.2: H] Hagen's night-watch: (#161) The wind wafts Gibich's son away. Hagen foresees Siegfried will abduct his true love Bruennhilde for Gunther, but bring back Alberich's Ring to Hagen. Hagen: (#162a) You freeborn sons, carefree companions, (#37) (#162b) merrily sail on your way! (#162 end frag) though you think him lowly, (#20a Minor/#12) you'll serve him yet, the Nibelung's son. 809-815
