WOTAN AND BRÜNNHILDE[Frontispiece]
THE GLEAMING TREASUREFacing p. [10]
A WARRIOR GODDESS[34]
THE WALKÜRE APPEARS[50]
SIEGFRIED AT THE FORGE[76]
THE DEATH OF THE DRAGON[82]
BRÜNNHILDE ON THE WALKÜRES’ ROCK[104]
GUTRUNE AND SIEGFRIED[110]
BRÜNNHILDE AND SIEGFRIED[116]
GUNTHER AND BRÜNNHILDE[122]
HAGEN AND SIEGFRIED[128]
AFTER SIEGFRIED’S DEATH[130]

Part I
THE RHINEGOLD, OR DAS RHEINGOLD

Motif of the Rhinegold

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PRELUDE

We have, all of us, read of the Golden Age, when the gods ruled over the world, and giants and dragons, dwarfs and water-fairies inhabited the earth and mingled with mortals. The giants were then a strong, stupid race, more rough than cruel, and, as a rule, generous among themselves. They were very foolish creatures, and constantly did themselves and others harm; but their race, even at that time, was dying out, and there were left of it only two brothers, Fasolt and Fafner.