(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

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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	Comments or questions?

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