Brünnhilde’s Call

“Hoyotoho!”

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Motif of the Volsung’s heroism

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CHAPTER II
THE DAUGHTER OF WOTAN

Up in the mountains near a rocky gorge, where the wind swept and the wild pines grew, stood Wotan, king of the gods, and before him, awaiting his orders, was his favorite daughter, Brünnhilde, the Walküre.