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| What are the tales of Siegfried and Siegmund called? |
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| Who is Siegmund's father? |
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| Who is Siegfried's father? |
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| Who is Siegfried's lover? |
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| Why does Siegmund battle Hunding, the husband of Sieglinde? |
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| Wotan tells her to help the man but instead she sides with Siegmund. She then takes Sieglinde to hid from Wotan and tells Sieglinde that she is pregnant with Siegmund's child (Siegfried) |
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| What does Wotan tell Brunnhilde to do about the fight of Siegmund and the man and what does she do? |
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| he cursed her to be mortal and asleep atop stone surrounded by flames until a brave man who can pass through the fire kisses her. |
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| What does Wotan do to Brunnhilde for disobeying him? |
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| he intervenes and destroys Siegmund's sword to leave him defenseless |
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| What does Wotan do about the fight between SIegmund and the man? |
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| he cursed the ring so that everyone would want it |
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| What was the curse that Alberich put on the ring? |
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| Alberich's brother, Mime the dwarf |
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| Who was Siegfried raised by? |
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| he did not know who they were until he realizes that he could not be the son of a dwarf |
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| What did Siegfried think of his parents? |
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| he saw Sieglinde giving birth to him in the woods (in the first part of "The Ring Cycle," when Sieglinde finds out that she is pregnant she runs off into the woods to protect her child from Wotan) |
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| How did Mime find Siegfried? |
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| Siegmund fights for Sieglinde until Wotan intervenes |
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| What, in short, happened in the first part of "The Ring Cycle?" |
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| he shows Siegmund's shattered sword and Siegfried repairs it |
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| When Siegfried asks of his parents, what does Mime do? |
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| he tells Mime not to repair the sword |
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| What does Wotan do when Siegfried asks Mime to repair his father's sword? |
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| he is trying to manipulate Siegfried into defeating the dragon Fafner, because the dragon guards treasure that holds the Ring |
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| What is Mime using Siegfried for? |
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| in Beowulf, there was a song about the tale of Siegfried slaying the dragon Fafner. This foreshadows Beowulf's encounter with a dragon |
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| How is "The RIng Cycle" related to Beowulf? |
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| a dragon that guards the treasure that holds the ring |
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| he warns Fafner that their is someone who is coming for the treasure. he also tells Alberich that Mime is coming |
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| What does Wotan do before Mime takes Siegfried to defeat Fafner? |
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| Who is in the cave waiting for a chance to get the ring that at this time is guarded by Fafner? |
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| A helmet in which it can turn the wearer into anything they wish |
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| What does Siegfried get by killing Fafner? |
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| What did Siegfried do on his way to kill Fafner? |
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| the bird that Siegfried was mimicing earlier spoke to him |
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| When Siegfried kills the Dragon he puts its blood to his lips. What does this do? |
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| the bird tells him of Mime's untrustworthiness and this makes Siegfreid kill Mime. The bird also tells him of a woman asleep on a stone surrounded by flames (Brunnhilde). he goes and awakes her |
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| What does the bird say to Siegfried? |
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| Siegfried kills the dragon Fafner for the Ring and awakes Brunnhilde |
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| In short, what happened in the second part of "The Ring Cycle"? |
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| he plans for Gunther to marry Brunnhilde and Gutrune marry Siegfried. they were to use a potion to make Siegfried fall in love with Gutrune and use Siegfried to get Brunnhilde because they had to have a brave man to get through the flames that surrounded her. Siegfried uses Tarnhelm to transform into Gunther and takes the Ring from Brunnhilde and takes her to Gunther. |
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| What is Hagen's plan to get the Ring from Siegfried? |
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| she wants revenge and tells Hagen of the protection spell she cast on Siegfried and says that his weakness is his back. |
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| What does Brunnhilde do when she finds out of Siegfried's love for Gutrune? |
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| he gives the antidote for the love potion to Siegfried. |
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| What does Hagen do when he finds out about how Siegfried is protected by a spell except for his back? |
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| he remembers his love for Brunnhilde and at that moment Hagen stabs Siegfried's back and kills him |
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| What happens when Siegfried drinks the antidote to the love potion? |
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| Hagen and Gunther fight for the Ring. Hagen kills Gunther. Brunnhilde takes the Ring |
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| What happens when Siegfried dies? |
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| She gives it to the Rhinemaidens |
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| What does Brunnhilde do with the Ring once Siegfried is dead? |
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| What was the Ring made out of? |
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| Who, originally, held the Ring? |
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| they guarded the Rhinegold in a river |
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| Who are the Rhinemaidens? |
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| she lights a funeral pyre for Siegfried and kills herself by being engulfed in the flames |
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| What does Brunnhilde after giving the Ring to the Rhinemaidens? |
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| while the funeral pyre and Brunnhilde are burning, Valhalla burns in the same flames |
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| How does the last part of "The Ring Cycle" end? |
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| built by Wotan, it is the castle of the gods |
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| Siegfried dies by the hands of Hagen, and Brunnhilde kills herself |
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| In short, what happened in the last part of "The Ring Cycle?" |
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