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单词 ring of the nibelung
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Ring of the Nibelung


noun

German myth a magic ring on which the dwarf Alberich placed a curse after it was stolen from him
the four operas by Wagner, Das Rheingold (1869), Die Walküre (1870), Siegfried (1876), and Götterdämmerung (1876), based on this mythOften shortened to: The Ring

Words nearby Ring of the Nibelung

ring-necked duck, ring-necked pheasant, ringneck snake, ring off, Ring of Fire, Ring of the Nibelung, ring one's chimes, ring out, ring ouzel, ring-porous, ring road
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Ring of the Nibelung

Ring of the Nibelung
[ (nee-buh-loong) ]

A series of four operas by Richard Wagner, based on stories from Norse mythology; the central story is that of Siegfried and Brünnhilde. As the Ring ends, the gods are about to be overcome. The four operas of the Ring are The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, and The Twilight of the Gods.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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