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kills herself after Sigurd's death.
Richard Wagner made
Brunhild (as
Brünnhilde) an
important character in his
opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. The...
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three Norns,
daughters of Erda, the
goddess of Nature,
gather beside Brünnhilde's rock,
weaving the Rope of Destiny. From it they read of the past, the...
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interest of the god Thor. Valkyrie, also
known by her
Asgardian name
Brunnhilde, was
selected by Odin to lead his
personal unit of shield-maidens, the...
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Brünnhilde was a
female tabby cat
known from two 1936
photographs of her
wearing a
costume of her
namesake from Der Ring des Nibelungen, an
opera by Richard...
- her has
fathered a daughter,
Brünnhilde; he has
fathered eight other daughters,
possibly also by Erda. These, with
Brünnhilde, are the Valkyries,
whose task...
- Alberich's son Hagen, who
wants the ring for himself. Finally, the
Valkyrie Brünnhilde – Siegfried's
lover and Wotan's
daughter who lost her
immortality for...
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accompanying uses of the phrase. The "fat lady" is thus the
valkyrie Brünnhilde, who was
traditionally presented as a very
buxom lady. Her
farewell scene...
- Brunechildis, Brunichild, Brunechilde, Brunichilda, Brunhild, Brunhilde,
Brünnhilde, Brünhild,
Brynhild and Brynhildr. (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2004). Gregory...
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follows the bird
towards the rock.
Prelude to Act 3
Scene 1 At the foot of
Brünnhilde's rock. The
Wanderer summons Erda, the
earth goddess ("Wache, Wala!")....
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hoped to
record Die Walküre with
Kirsten Flagstad in the
central role of
Brünnhilde, but she had
retired from the
operatic stage in the
early 1950s, and when...
