The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-13
The inheritance Of the Earth
Would fan to him.
Who from the ltheingold
Should form the ring,
Which should lend hlm meaeui


The inheritance Of the Earth
Who from the iIneingold
Should form the ring,
Winch should lend HIN measurelcss Force.
The sisters taunt him with the declaration
that only he who can renounce Love has power
To bend the gold to crclct. Then Alberich,
with curse upon Love, suddenly seizes the gold
and plunges headlong In the food, where the
maidens pursue him In vain through the dark
meas which has Immediately set In.
Like the King OF the Dwarfs the King OF
the Gods has no aim 80 dear IA that Of ncreas-
ing his power. To the rulers Of the giants. Faf-
ncr and Fasolt, he promises his relative. Freia,
II they will build him stately castle, which
they complete In ono night. when wotan
awakes. the magic cdihce dazzles his sight from
the opposite heights beyond the Rhine. Straight
way the giants appear to claim their pay. for
they know the advantage of carrying Of Freia,
with her youth-confcrring power. from among
the Gods. Wotan's adviser to this bad bargain
was the sly Logc, with whose help he had hoped
to cheat the thick-witted giants OF their pay
but the penalty Of his engagement, the loss Of
Freia, seems inevitable. Logo declares that all
over the world woman's love and womans
| worth Is mans dearest possession, but one man
| he has seen who has renuunccd loye-the Dwarf
Prince Albcrch, who has just stolen the Rhine
gold from its guardians. and counts 1t the cosll-
est Of treasures. The two giants prick up their
ears, angry at the good luck Of the dwarf Prince,
who has always shrowdy escaped from their
| power. Their questions about the value Of the
gold are answered with the statement that,
"Once forged to a circle, it helps to highest
power, and wins for Its possessor the world"
| Wotan. the ambitious. asks about the art Of
| forging this ring. Loge replies that he alone
who has renowned happy love effect II.
| This AlDerich has done, and the ring has been
made.
Thus danger threatens from the dwarfs.
wotan cannot possibly leave the ring In their
hands but TO win II back for the Rhine maidens
is far from his thoughts; he wants It for him
self. So hs ambition leads him to new compli-
| cation and embarrassment Like thoughts beset
| the giants: they suddenly offer to renounce
| Frcia " they may have the gold. Wotan has no
mind To strive for the recovery Of the treasure
only to hand 1t over to the despsed giants, who
| carry OF Freia 10y sheer force, with the notnca-
| ton that she will be torn from the family Of the
| gods forever II the Rhine gold Is not ready for
| her ransom before the day closes. Straightway
| the brillisncy Of the mountain heights turns
misty and dull the gods look pale and old, they
feel their vgor failing, and their life well as
their power Is endangered wotan. unable to
remain inactive, goes down with Loge to Nibel-
| helm 10 gain the gold and recover the youth
| "nch Is escaping 'hem'
THE INVISIBLE DWARF.
| In the depths of the Rhine rules Alberich. tho
| Dwarf. Rebufed by the Rhine rnnidens i'm his
| tender proners. he has wrathfully stolen the
gold from them, and renowned all grace Of love
In order to possess the ring which shall give him
power over the whole world lie has Just forced
| hi, brother the skilful handicraftsman, Mime
| 10 forge helmet for him after his own model
| Mime. suspecting u hidden power In this piece
OF smith work. delays It's delivery. but Alherlch
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purchase with 1t all that lives in the soft air Of
the upper world. Loge further asks whether he
Is really sure that the ring before which the