(urth) Wizard Questions
Jeff Wilson
jwilson at io.com
Sun Apr 8 00:53:37 PDT 2007
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.
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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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