PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 3, No. 24, SERIAL No. 100
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
BRÜNNHILDE SLUMBERING, GUARDED BY MAGIC FIRE—From the Painting by Hermann Hendrich
The Ring of the Nibelung
DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Monograph Number Six in The Mentor Reading Course
While Siegfried and Brünnhilde were happy together, Siegfried must needs go forth to seek further adventures. He gave Brünnhilde the ring as a pledge of fidelity, and she presented him with her shield and her horse, Grane.
Siegfried journeyed along the Rhine to the palace of the Gibichungs, Gunther and his sister, Gutrune. Hagen, their half brother, the son of Alberich, lived there with them. Alberich had imposed upon Hagen the task of regaining the ring. Therefore, on seeing Siegfried, he began to plot. Gutrune, at his suggestion, gave the hero a magic drink, which made him love her, and forget Brünnhilde. So, when Gunther expressed his desire for a wife, Siegfried promised him the Valkyr Brünnhilde, claiming as a reward, the hand of Gutrune.