Klarinet Archive - Posting 000099.txt from 2007/05

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Wagner
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 15:02:17 -0400

The story is nothing more than a constructed revision of the Niebelungen =
sagas. Hardly anything in the Ring is specifically drawn from the =
Norse/Germanic tales. There is a general relationship, but it is all =
revised into Wagner's way of thinking.

Dan Leeson =20
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Wakeling [mailto:joseph.wakeling@-----.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 7:35 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Wagner

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 V=C3=B6lsunga saga =
and
the Nibelungenlied).

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