Ring of the Nibelung


Ring of the Nibelung

n 1. (European Myth & Legend) German myth a magic ring on which the dwarf Alberich placed a curse after it was stolen from him 2. (Classical Music) the four operas by Wagner, Das Rheingold (1869), Die Walküre (1870), Siegfried (1876), and Götterdämmerung (1876), based on this myth. Often shortened to: The Ring