Excerpt from Guide Through the Music of R. Wagner's the Ring of the Nibelung Ted Ring Des Nibelungen Wat (val) means the totality of warriors killed in battle kurcn means to choos. Walkir'ren are the maidens who choose the heroes most fit for the last combat. (einlaerier) Note of the transl.her her own mare Grane and the pieces of Siegmund s sword. The god is forced to condemn his dearest child to slumber on a rock, till a man shall find her by the way, wake and win her. The maiden implores but one favour from her offended father: so surround her during her slumbers with a wide circle of blazing fire, in order that no man shall wake her, but a fearless hero, whom she hopes and expects will be: Siegfried. These are the contents of the walkiire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.