Chapter II: Part IV: The Dusk of the Gods, or Götterdämmerung

PRELUDE 103

CHAPTER

I. THE HALL OF THE GIBICHUNGS 107

II. THE WALKÜRES’ ROCK ONCE MORE 113

III. THE RHINE CHIEF’S BRIDE 118

IV. ON THE BANKS OF THE RHINE 124

V. THE LAST TWILIGHT 133

ILLUSTRATIONS

WOTAN AND BRÜNNHILDE _Frontispiece_

THE GLEAMING TREASURE _Facing p._ 10

A WARRIOR GODDESS 34

THE WALKÜRE APPEARS 50

SIEGFRIED AT THE FORGE 76

THE DEATH OF THE DRAGON 82

BRÜNNHILDE ON THE WALKÜRES’ ROCK 104

GUTRUNE AND SIEGFRIED 110

BRÜNNHILDE AND SIEGFRIED 116

GUNTHER AND BRÜNNHILDE 122

HAGEN AND SIEGFRIED 128

AFTER SIEGFRIED’S DEATH 130