(The picture below is a clickable Image Map)

This web-site offers a multi-media exploration of the elements and symbols within Teutonic mythology and how they have been used, adapted, and reimagined by artists like Richard Wagner in his opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung.

Table of Contents



Map of the Teutonic Cosmos

Table of Contents

Wagner and The Ring

Teutonic Mythology
and Wagner's Ring

Symbols in
Wagner's Ring

Symbols in
Teutonic Mythology

Bibliography of Books and Links

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This site created by Jessica K. McShan on December 17, 1997.