Wizard Questions

Jeff Wilson · 08 Apr 2007, 07:53 · from 2007-April.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:53:37 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wizard Questions
In-Reply-To: <d53.653908c.33498c38 at aol.com>
References: <d53.653908c.33498c38 at aol.com>
Message-ID: <46189F81.10201 at io.com>

Batrinque at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/7/2007 7:59:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> danldo at gmail.com writes:
> 
>     Sounds like a kind of inversion of the Tarnhelm.
> 
> Hmm, I hadn't considered it might be a reversal of some mythological 
> element, but that's an interesting thought, especially considering that 
> the tarnhelm allowed the wearer to become a dragon ...

That may be a Wagnerism rather than authentic Teutonic myth; some have 
it that the tarnhelm confers invisibility while the Rheingold transforms 
the outer form to match the inner nature.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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