Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 2007/05

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Wagner
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 11:34:45 -0400

dnleeson wrote:
> Also, with respect to the same point, the Wagnerian mythologies
> are not repackaging of pre-Chrisitan stories. They are entirely
> inventions by Wagner.

I'd like to understand what makes you say that, since the broad story
arc is contained in several Norse/Germanic texts (the Völsunga saga and
the Nibelungenlied).

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