XVIII.                     Sword  

  Music-Sword

Von Wolzogen:  ‘sword’

Cooke:  Sword

Sabor:  Sword

Stone:  Sword

  Music-Wotan's Plans

Cooke:  Purpose of the Sword

Holman:  Purpose of the Sword

Stone:  Purpose of the Sword

  Music-Fricka

Cooke:  Fricka

Holman:  Fricka

Stone:  Fricka

  Music-Wälsung Victory

Holman:  The Sword’s Chosen

Stone:  Recognition

  Music-Nothung

Von Wolzogen:  Nothung

Cooke:  Nothung

Sabor:  Nothung

Holman:  Notung

Stone:  Nothung

  Music-Forging Bass

Sabor:  Action

Holman:  Blow, Bellows!

Stone:  Bellows

  Music-Honor

Cooke:  Honour

Holman:  Honor

  Music-Tempered Steel / Mime's Brewing

Von Wolzogen:  Sieglust ‘lust of conquest’                                               Beute (‘booty’)

Stone:  Hardened Steel

Comment:  Von Wolzogen has the underlying dramatic concept and Sieglust might also be translated as the ‘joy of conquest’.

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