Brynhildr sometimes spelled Br nnhilde, Brynhild is a shieldmaiden and a valkyrie in Norse mythology ... Visigothic princess Brunhilda of Austrasia . The history of Brynhildr includes fratricide , a long battle between brothers, and dealings with the Huns . Norse mythology V lsunga saga Image Brynhildr by Robert Engels.jpg thumb A depiction of Brynhildr 1919 by Robert Engels. Image Sigurd and Brynhild ... , Brynhildr is a valkyrie and the daughter of Budli . She was ordered to decide a fight between two ... Fafnir , entered the castle and awoke Brynhildr by removing her helmet and cutting off her chainmail ... Andvaranaut . Promising to return and make Brynhildr his bride, Sigur r then left the castle and headed ... forget about Brynhildr. Sigur r soon married Gudrun. Hearing of Sigur r s encounter with the valkyrie, Grimhild decided to make Brynhildr the wife of her son Gunnar Gunther in the Nibelungenlied . Gunnar .... Sigur r then exchanged shapes with him and entered the ring of fire. Sigur r disguised as Gunnar and Brynhildr ... forms, with Brynhildr thinking she married Gunnar. However, Gudrun and Brynhild later quarreled over whose husband was greater, Brynhildr boasting that even Sigur r was not brave enough to ride ..., and Brynhildr became enraged. Sigur r, remembering the truth, tried to console her, but to no avail. Brynhildr plotted revenge by urging Gunnar to kill Sigur r, telling him that he slept with her ... voluspa.org ref Brynhildr herself killed Sigur r s three year old son, and then she willed ... such as Sigur arkvi a hin skamma , Gunnar and Sigur r lay siege to the castle of Atli , Brynhildr s brother. Atli offers his sister s hand in exchange for a truce, which Gunnar accepts. However, Brynhildr .... ref Bellows ref According to the V lsunga saga , Brynhildr bore Sigur r a daughter, Aslaug , who ... to Hel , Brynhildr on her journey to Hel encounters a J tunn g gr giantess who blames her for an immoral livelihood. Brynhildr responds to her accusations Munu vi ofstr alls til lengi konur ok karlar ... more details
Hindarfjall or Hindafjall ref Hindarfjall is used in the Eddic poems and in the V lsunga saga while Snorri wrote Hindafjall in his Prose Edda Edda . ref Hind mountain is the mountain where Brynhildr lives in the V lsung cycle . In Snorri Sturluson s account of the V lsung cycle Sk ldskaparm l , Sigur r first meets Brynhildr, whom he finds asleep, in a building on a mountain whose name is not given. Later, Brynhildr is said to live on Hindafjall, in a hall surrounded by wavering flames vafrlogi . Sigur r rides through them and asks for Brynhildr s hand, having taken the appearance of Gunnarr . In the other sources Sigrdr fum l , V lsunga saga , Hindarfjall is mentioned in relation with the first encounter after killing F fnir and Reginn , Sigur r rides up onto Hindarfjall and goes south toward Frakkland . Then he sees a great light on a mountain. There stands a wall of shield, and behind it Sigrdr fa Brynhildr ref Her name is Sigrdr fa in Sigrdr fum l , Brynhildr in the V lsunga saga . ref asleep. The name of the place where the second meeting takes place, when Sigur r rides through the flames after he and Gunnar exchanged forms, is not given. Hindarfjall is also mentioned in F fnism l , where the birds, which Sigur r can understand after tasting F fnir s blood, talk about a hall on Hindarfjall, surrounded with flames, where Sigrdr fa sleeps. In Helrei Brynhildar , it is called Skatalundr , and there is an obscure stanza that Sigur r first meet Brynhildr in her foster father s home. Notes reflist Norse mythology Category Locations in Norse mythology ... more details
Image Ring52.jpg right thumb This poem dealt extensively with the relationship of Sigurd and Brynhildr . Illustration by Arthur Rackham . The Great Lacuna is a Lacuna manuscripts lacuna of eight leaves where there was heroic Old Norse poetry in the Codex Regius . The gap would have contained the last part of Sigrdr fum l and most of Sigur arkvi a . What remains of the last poem consists of 22 stanzas called Brot af Sigur arkvi u , but according to Henry Adams Bellows , the original size of Sigur arkvi a should have been more than 250 stanzas. The missing original narrative is preserved in the V lsunga saga in prose form with four stanzas of poetry. The first two stanzas that are preserved through the saga deal with how Sigurd returns to Brynhildr leaping through the flames on Grani after Gunther Gunnar had failed Eldr nam at sast, en j r at skj lfa ok h r logi vi himni gn fa. F r treystist ar fylkis rekka eld at r a n yfir st ga. Sigur r Grana sver i keyr i. Eldr slokkna i fyr lingi, logi allr l g ist fyr lofgj rnum. Bliku rei i, er Reginn tti. ref name heimskringla http www.heimskringla.no original fornaldersagaene volsungasaga.php V lsunga saga at Norr ne Tekster og Kvad , Norway. ref The fire raged, the earth was rocked, The flames leaped high to heaven itself Few were ... all about Brynhildr before returning to her. Moreover, he arrived to her disguised as Gunnar, and so Brynhildr was married to Gunnar instead. After the wedding, Brynhildr argues with her sister in law Gudrun , who is Sigurd s spouse, and Gudrun reveals to Brynhildr that it was Sigurd who saved her from her prison. Brynhildr who grasps the extent of the treachery of her in laws the Gjukungs against ... Bellows http www.sacred texts.com neu poe poe26.htm Translation by Bellows. ref Brynhildr is furious and so Gunnar and Sigurd talk to her trying to calm her down. Sigurd and Brynhildr have a conversation ... leaves Brynhildr with a heavy heart t gekk Sigur r andspjalli fr , hollvinr lof a ok hnipna i, sv ... more details
wife Brynhildr. Since both have great riches, killing Sigurd should be a win win situation. Sigur arkvi a ... met Brynhildr, and he only meets her disguised as Gunnar. In a different version, he meets Brynhildr .... Then the two brothers departed to woo Brynhildr and Sigurd joined them. ref Sigurd and Gunnar changed ... met Heimir who told them that they had to cross the circle of fire to win Brynhildr. When Gunnar ... to the moment when Sigurd shared bed with Brynhildr by putting his sword between them. He never held her in his arms and gave her to Gj ki s son Gunnar . Then the poem dwells on Brynhildr and informs ... and he had to buy them off with Brynhildr, without her consent. This last version is referred to later in this poem and in Gu r narkvi a I . ref Brynhildr decided that it was she who should have Sigurd ... Sigurd and his son Sigmund. ref Sigurd s son whom Brynhildr wanted to see dead was only three years old, according to Bellows. ref Gunnarr was grieving, because he loved both Sigurd and Brynhildr, and after ... was still too young to flee for his life. He said that it was Brynhildr who was to be blamed. Brynhildr .... ref Bellows notes that Sigurd s guiltlessness fits the version of this poem where he met Brynhildr ... he met Brynhildr first and had the daughter Aslaug with her. ref Then Sigurd died and Gu r n swooned ... cried. ref The information that the geese cried also appears in Gu r narkvi a I . ref Brynhildr ... 30. Hl Brynhildr Bu la d ttir einu sinni af llum hug, er hon til hv lu heyra kn tti gjallan gr t ... by Bellows. ref Gunnarr told Brynhildr that she never laughed for good things and asked her why she ... by Gunnarr and Sigurd, and was forced buy them off with Brynhildr. In this version, she would have consented ... also appears in Gu r narkvi a I . ref Brynhildr responded that her brother Atli was mightier and would ... Brynhildr that Sigurd was Gunnarr. She had fallen in love with the warrior who was sitting on Grani ... did not consent to marry. Brynhildr had pondered whether to fight ref Bellows notes that Brynhildr ... more details
Image Sigurd hos Brynhild.jpg thumb right Sigrdr fa gives Sigur r a horn to drink from. In Norse mythology , Sigrdr fa Old Norse victory urger ref name ORCHARD194 Orchard 1997 194 . ref or inciter to victory ref name SIMEK284 Simek 2007 284 . ref is a valkyrie . She appears in Sigrdr fum l as the mentor of Sigurd . In the Poetic Edda she is identified with Brynhildr . Some scholars have doubted that this identification is original, seeing the roles of Sigurd s mentor and lover as too distinct to belong to the same character. Notes reflist References refbegin Orchard, Andy 1997 . Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend . Orion Publishing Group Cassell . ISBN 0 304 34520 2 Simek, Rudolf 2007 translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology . Boydell & Brewer D.S. Brewer ISBN 0 85991 513 1 refend Valkyries DEFAULTSORT Sigrdrifa Category Valkyries Category V lsung cycle Norse myth stub es Sigrdr fa fr Sigrdr fa it Sigrdr fa ... more details
then directed her words against Brynhildr and said that their home was happier before she appeared. Brynhildr, who was present, responded that Gu r n s sister Gollr nd was a witch who had made Gu r n s tears flow and used magic to make her speak. Gullr nd retorted that Brynhildr was a hated woman who had brought sorrow to seven kings and made many women lose their love. Brynhildr then answered by putting ... by Gunnar and Sigurd and bought them off by giving them his sister Brynhildr. In this version Atli would have lied to Brynhildr that Gunnar was Sigurd, and according to Bellows this version is supported .... ref Referring to Sigur arkvi a hin skamma , the prose section ends by telling that Brynhildr would ... more details
unref date September 2008 In Norse mythology , Andvaranaut Andvari s Gift is a magical ring capable of producing gold, first owned by Andvari . The mischievous norse god god Loki tricked Andvari into giving Andvaranaut to him. In revenge, Andvari cursed the ring to bring destruction to whoever possessed it. Loki quickly gave Andvaranaut to Hreidmar , King of the Norse dwarf Dwarves , as a Reparation legal reparation Loki and the other sir had inadvertently killed Hreidmar s son, tr . tr s brother, Fafnir , then killed Hreidmar and took the ring. Sigurd Siegfried later killed Fafnir and gave Andvaranaut to Brynhildr Br nnehilde . The story of Andvaranaut is one of the central themes of Richard Wagner s Der Ring des Nibelungen The Ring of the Nibelung . V lsung Category Nibelung tradition Category Artifacts in Norse mythology Category Mythological objects Category Rings Category V lsung cycle bg cs Andvarinaut da Andvarenaut de Andvaranaut es Andvarinaut fr Andvaranaut it Andvaranautr no Andvarenaut pt Andvarinaut sv Andvaranaut zh ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Faroe stamp 320 Brynhild & Bu li.jpg right thumb Faroese stamp depicting Brynhild & Bu li Bu li or Budli is the name of one or two legendary kings from the Scandinavian Legendary saga s. smundar saga kappabana According to the smundar saga kappabana , Bu li was a Swedish king, and the father of Hildr. The saga relates that Hildr married Helgi, the son of Hildebrand , the king of the Huns . Helgi and Hildr had a son who was raised by his paternal grandfather and named Hildebrand after him. Hildebrand became a great warrior and was called the Hunnish champion. When his father Helgi had fallen in a war, his maternal grandfather, the Swedish king Bu li, was killed by a Danish king by the name Alf. This Alf took Hildrebrand s mother Hildr captive and gave her to the champion Aki with whom she had the son Asmund who is the protagonist of the saga. V lsunga saga In the V lsunga saga , Bu li was the father of Brynhildr Br nnehilde . DEFAULTSORT Budli Category Mythological kings of Sweden Category Nibelung tradition es Bu li ... more details
Image Ring49.jpg right thumb This poem dealt extensively with the meeting of Sigurd and Brynhildr . Illustration by Arthur Rackham . Brot af Sigur arkvi u is the remaining 22 stanzas of a heroic Old Norse poem in the Poetic Edda . In the Codex Regius , there is The Great Lacuna a gap of eight leaves where the first part of the poem would have been found, and also the last part of the Sigrdr fum l . Luckily, the missing narrative is preserved in the V lsunga saga in prose form with four stanzas of poetry. According to Henry Adams Bellows , the original size of the poem should have been more than 250 stanzas. References http www.sacred texts.com neu poe poe26.htm Fragment of a Sigurth Lay Henry Adams Bellows translation and commentary http www.northvegr.org lore poetic2 028.php Fragments of the Lays of Sigurd and Brynhild Benjamin Thorpe s translation http www.angelfire.com on Wodensharrow sigurdold.html The old Lay of Sigurd Translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. http etext.old.no Bugge sigbrot.html Brot af Sigur arkvi u Sophus Bugge s edition of the manuscript text http www.heimskringla.no original edda sigurdarkvidainmeiri.php Sigur arkvi a in meiri Brot af Sigur arkvi u Gu ni J nsson s edition with normalized spelling Norse mythology Poetic Edda Category Nibelung tradition Category Eddic poetry Category Sources of Norse mythology norse myth stub es Brot af Sigurdarkvidu fr Brot af Sigur arkvi u ... more details
uncle of Brynhildr and foster father, or spouse, of Brynhildr s sister Bekkhildr. ref name ... the foster father of Aslaug , Brynhildr s daughter with Sigurd Sigfried . ref name nordisk ref name ... more details
H mundr is a minor character in Norse mythology . H mundr is known for two roles. Firstly, he was the son of Sigmund and the brother of Sigurd , Helgi Hundingsbane and Sinfj tli . Secondly, he was the father of Haki and Hagbard , two legendary sea king s. His son Hagbard fell in love with Signy , a relative of Sigmund s enemy Siggeir see Hagbard and Signy . Appearances H mundr makes only a cameo appearance in the Poetic Edda , figuring only in Fr dau a Sinfj tla , where his family is discussed. According to this passage, he was the youngest of the three sons of Sigmund , king over Frankland his oldest brother was Sinfj tli , and Helgi Hundingsbane Helgi was the middle of the three. ref Hollander, Lee M., trans. The Poetic Edda . 2nd rev. ed., 10th paperback printing. Austin, Texas Austin University of Texas University of Texas Press , 1962, p. 203. ref H mundr s role in the Volsunga saga V lsunga saga is similarly minimal, appearing only in the 26th chapter of only some modern editions. One translation includes him in a quote by Brynhildr , speaking of Haki and Hagbard as his sons. This reference, however, is not in the original, being supplied by the translator from the writings of Saxo Grammaticus . ref Byock, Jesse L, trans. and ed. The Saga of the Volsungs The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer . Penguin Books American paperback edition. Berkeley, California Berkeley University of California Press , 1990, p. 76, 119. ref In Saxo s Gesta Danorum book 7, he is referred to as a petty king and as the father of Hagbard and Haki, and of two other sons who were killed early in the feud with Sigar, Helwin and Hamund a namesake of his father s . ref http omacl.org DanishHistory book7.html Book 7 of Gesta Danorum at Online Medieval and Classical Library ref References reflist Norse mythology DEFAULTSORT Hamundr Category People in Norse mythology and legends norse myth stub ... more details
Information Description The engraving shows Sigrdr fa Brynhildr bringing a drinking horn to Sigur r . Three other women look on. In the bottom left corner there is the signature of Jenny Nystr m 1854 1946 , the illustrator. In the bottom left corner there is the signature W. Meyer X.A. indicating that the wood engraving is from Wilhelm Meyer s 1844 1944 xylography company. Since there is no other signature, it is reasonable to assume that Meyer did this engraving himself. The image list on page 468 in the book describes this image as Sigurd hos Brynhild . Source The image is found on page 225 of Fredrik Sander s 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda Edda S mund den vises skaldeverk af fornnordiska myt och hj ltes nger om de g tiska eller germaniska folkens gamla gudatro, sagominnen och vandringar fvers ttning fr n isl ndskan af Fredrik Sander med bilder af nordiska konstn rer . Stockholm, Norstedt. I Haukur orgeirsson took a picture of that page with a handheld camera. My original upload is an unmodified version of that picture and shows not only the image described but also its context. My second upload is a cropped version of that file, developed by User Bloodofox . User Haukurth Cooperation Date Published in 1893. Author Jenny Nystr m 1854 1946 and Wilhelm Meyer 1844 1944 as described above. Photograph by User Haukurth , image processing by User Bloodofox . Permission Sander s Edda was published in 1893, placing it in the public domain in the United States. Under current law the image will enter the public domain in Sweden in 2017. other versions Image Sigurdr and sigrdrifa.jpg is a low resolution scan of a reprint. PD US 1923 abroad out of copyright in 2017 Category Images by Jenny Nystr m Category Images from Norse mythology ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Lena Ir ne Sofia Theorin , born June 18, 1963 in Gislaved Municipality , Sm land , is a Sweden Swedish opera singer soprano . She studied at the Music Academy and Royal Opera School in Copenhagen , Denmark , for a period also at the Opera School in G teborg , Sweden . In 1998 she was the only receiver of the Danish L onie Sonning scholarship . Her professional debut took place in Copenhagen, where she performed as Donna Anna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart s Don Giovanni . Ir ne Theorin s range includes parts such as Brynhildr Br nnhilde in Richard Wagner Wagner s Der Ring des Nibelungen , Isolde in his Tristan und Isolde , the title role in Giacomo Puccini Puccini s Turandot , Elisabetta in Giuseppe Verdi Verdi s Don Carlos and so on. She performed at Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen in 2004, at New National Theatre Tokyo 2005 and on tour with Staatstheater N rnberg at the Peking Opera the same year. During the Bayreuth Festival in 2008 she performed as Isolde and gave in 2009 guest performancies at Washington National Opera and Metropolitan Opera in New York. The extensive list of her performances also include Deutsche Oper Berlin , Germany , Opera Salzburg , Austria , The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden and The Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm . External links http www.kgl teater.dk en OmKunstarterne Opera Kunstnere Solistensemble Irene 20Theorin.aspx Ir ne Theorin at Det Kongelige Teater , Copenhagen http irenetheorin.com Official Homepage http www.wagneropera.net RW Performers Irene Theorin.htm Ir ne Theorin sings Wagner Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Theorin, Ir ne ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1963 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Theorin, Irene Category Swedish sopranos Category Living people Category 1963 births Category People from Gislaved Municipality Sweden opera singer stub da Ir ne Theorin de Ir ne Theorin es Irene Theorin sv Ir ne Theorin ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Additional parameters for this template are available at Template Infobox Planet . Infobox planet discovery yes physical characteristics yes bgcolour FFFFC0 name 123 Brunhild discoverer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters discovered July 31, 1872 alt names named after Brynhildr mp category Main belt epoch December 31, 2006 Julian day JD 2454100.5 semimajor 403.029 Giga G m 2.694 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 353.956 Gm 2.366 AU aphelion 452.102 Gm 3.022 AU eccentricity 0.122 period 1615.156 day d 4.42 Julian year astronomy a inclination 6.428 degree angle asc node 307.954 arg peri 124.933 mean anomaly 38.416 avg speed 18.08 km second s dimensions 48.0 km mass 1.2 E 17 kilogram kg density ? g cubic centimetre cm surface grav 0.0134 m s escape velocity 0.0254 km s rotation ? d spectral type S type asteroid S abs magnitude 8.89 albedo ? single temperature 170 kelvin K 123 Brunhild is a fairly typical stony S type asteroid S type main belt asteroid . It was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters C. H. F. Peters on July 31, 1872, and named after Br nnehilde , a Valkyrie in Norse mythology . Minor planets navigator 122 Gerda 124 Alkeste Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Brunhild Category Main Belt asteroids Category S type asteroids Category Asteroids named from Norse mythology Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1872 S beltasteroid stub ast 123 Brunhild de 123 Brunhild el 123 es 123 Brunilda eo 123 Brunhildo eu 123 Brunilda fa fr 123 Brunhild it 123 Brunhild la 123 Brunhild hu 123 Brunhild mk 123 Brunhild ja no 123 Brunhild nn 123 Brunhild pl 123 Brunhild pt 123 Brunhild ru 123 sk 123 Brunhild sl 123 Brunhilda sr 123 Brunhild sv 123 Brunhild tl 123 Brunhild th 123 Brunhild uk 123 vi 123 Brunhild zh ... more details
orphan date March 2010 In Norse mythology , Svafr orinn is the father of Mengl by an unnamed mother. is attested in a stanza of Fj lsvinnsm l . As this is the only mention of the figure, further information has been theorized from the potential etymology etymologies of the name Svafr orinn and his relation to Mengl . Attestation Svafr orinn is attested in a stanza of the poem Fj lsvinnsm l , where Fj lsvi r tells Svipdagr that style padding 1pt 10pt Benjamin Thorpe s translation Fiolsvith. 9. Menglod is her name, her mother her begat with Svaf, Thorin s son. She here holds sway, and has power over all of these lands and costly halls. ref name THORPE96 Thorpe 1907 96 . ref style padding 1pt 10pt Henry Adams Bellows translation 224. Mengloth is she, her mother bore her To the son of Svafrthorin She is it that holds and has for her own The rule of the hall so rich. ref name BELLOWS241 Bellows 1936 241 . ref Theories Mengl has often been theorized as the goddess Freyja, and according to this theory, Svafr orinn would therefore be the god Nj r r . The theory is complicated the etymology of the name Svafr orinn orinn meaning brave and svafr means gossip or possibly connects to sofa sleep , which Rudolf Simek says makes little sense when attempting to connect it to Nj r r. Simek says that a more daring, but more meaningful theory is that the poet took the notion of the Svefn orn Old Norse sleeping thorn , which appears as an element of some Legendary saga s, and the wall of fire that appears later in Fj lsvinnsm l from myths relating to Brynhildr found in Sigrdr fum l , the Prose Edda , and V lsunga saga , yet personifying the sleeping thorn due to the context. ref name SIMEK305 Simek 2007 305 . ref Notes reflist References refbegin Henry Adams Bellows Bellows, Henry Adams 1936 . The Poetic Edda Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes . Princeton University Press . American Scandinavian Foundation. Rudolf Simek Simek, Rudolf 2007 translated by An ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Kung Heimer och Asl g.jpg right thumb King Heimer and Aslaug Aslaug , Asl g , Kraka , Kr ka or Randalin , was a queen of Scandinavian mythology who appears in Snorri s Edda , the V lsunga saga and the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok . The Legendary Aslaug Aslaug was the daughter of Sigurd and the shieldmaiden Brynhildr , but was raised by Brynhild s fosterfather Heimer. At the death of Sigurd and Brynhild, Heimer was concerned about Aslaug s security, so he made a harp large enough to hide the girl. He then travelled as a poor harpplayer carrying the harp containing the girl. Once they arrived at Spangereid at Lindesnes in Norway , where they could stay for the night in the house of ke and Grima. ke believed that he saw precious items stick out from the harp, which he told his wife Grima. Grima then convinced him of murdering Heimer as he was sleeping. However, when they broke the harp, they discovered a little girl, who they raised as their own, calling her Kraka Crow . In order to hide her noble origins, they forced the girl always to be dirty and to walk in dirty clothes. Image Kraka by Winge.jpg left thumb 200px Kraka by M rten Eskil Winge , 1862 However, once as she was bathing, she was discovered by some of Ragnar Lodbrok s men, who had been sent ashore to bake bread. Confused by Kraka s beauty, they allowed the bread to be burnt, and when Ragnar enquired about this mishap, they told him about the girl. Ragnar then sent for her, but in order to test her wits, he commanded her neither to arrive dressed nor undressed, neither hungry nor full and neither alone nor in company. Kraka arrived dressed in a net, biting an onion and with only the dog as a companion. Impressed, Ragnar married her and she gave him the sons, Ivar the Boneless , Bj rn Ironside , Hvitserk and Ragnvald . Once Ragnar visited viceroy sten Beli of Sweden and sten convinced Ragnar of marrying the Swedish princess Ingeborg and of rejecting Kraka. At his return hom ... more details
Fat lady redirects here . for the Irish band The Fat Lady Sings It ain t over till or until the fat lady sings is a colloquialism , essentially meaning that one should not assume the outcome of some activity e.g. a sports game until it has actually finished, similar to a The Milkmaid and Her Pail common proverb . It is a perception of Grand Opera , typically overweight sopranos, and perhaps Brynhildr Brü nnhilde s final aria from Die Walk re Die Walkü re or G tterd mmerung in particular, from an American working class cultural perspective of the early 20th century. Attribution It is a common expression in sport s reporting and everyday situations to mean, it s not over until it s over, similar to the 16th century saying don t count your chickens before they hatch . Although originally a southern proverb, The carnival isn t over until the fat lady sings, its use in sports journalism has been attributed to writer broadcaster Dan Cook his original line was The opera ain t over till the fat lady sings. ref Cecil Adams, http www.straightdope.com classics a3 243b.html What s the origin of the opera ain t over till the fat lady sings? , The Straight Dope , October 25, 1991. ref This occurred in April 1978, when he used the phrase after the first basketball game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Washington Bullets now the Washington Wizards during the 1977 78 National Basketball Association playoffs, to illustrate that while the Spurs had won once, the series was not over yet. The phrase has also been used by former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver . ref http www.aboutlanguageschools.com language slang baseball slang.asp Baseball Slang Bot generated title ref Fred R. Shapiro found and published an example in The Yale Book of Quotations which appeared in the Dallas Morning News on 10 March 1976 blockquote Despite his obvious allegiance to the Texas Tech Red Raiders Red Raiders , Texas Tech University Texas Tech sports information director Ralph Carpenter was ... more details
Image Ring28.jpg right thumb 250px Arthur Rackham s illustration to The Ride of the Valkyries The Ride of the Valkyries lang de Walk renritt or Ritt der Walk ren is the popular term for the beginning of Act III of Die Walk re , the second of the four opera s by Richard Wagner that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen . The main theme of the Ride , the leitmotif labelled Walk renritt , was first written down by the composer on 23 July 1851. The preliminary draft for the Ride was composed in 1854 as part of the composition of the entire opera, which was fully orchestrated by the end of the first quarter of 1856. Together with the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin opera Lohengrin , the Ride of the Valkyries is one of Wagner s best known pieces. In the opera house, the Ride , which takes around eight minutes, begins in the prelude to the Act, building up successive layers of accompaniment until the curtain rises to reveal a mountain peak where four of the eight Valkyrie sisters of Brynhildr Br nnhilde have gathered in preparation for the transportation of fallen heroes to Valhalla . As they are joined by the other four, the familiar tune is carried by the orchestra, while, above it, the Valkyries greet each other and sing their battle cry. Apart from the song of the Rhinemaidens in Das Rheingold , it is the only ensemble piece in the first three operas of Wagner s Ring cycle. Outside the opera house, it is usually heard in a purely instrumental version, which may be as short as three minutes. Performance Listen filename Richard Wagner Ride of the Valkyries.ogg title Ride of the Valkyries description The Ride of the Valkyries , performed by the American Symphony Orchestra for Edison Records in 1921. format Ogg The complete opera Die Walk re was first performed on 26 June 1870 in the National Theatre Munich against the composer s intent. By January of the next year, Wagner was receiving requests for the Ride to be performed separately, but wrote that such a performance should be c ... more details
Infobox Comic strip title Broom Hilda image Commented out because image was deleted Image Broom.hilda.logo.gif caption Broom Hilda and logo creator Russell Myers status Running syndicate Tribune Media Services formerly Chicago Tribune Syndication website http www.gocomics.com broomhilda comictype print genre Humor first April 19, 1970 last Broom Hilda is an United States American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Russell Myers . Distributed by the Tribune Media Services , it depicts the misadventures of a man crazy, cigar smoking, beer guzzling, 1,500 year old witch and her motley crew of friends. The original idea for the strip came from Elliott Caplin , brother of Li l Abner cartoonist Al Capp . He described the main character to Myers, who responded with a sketch of the witch and several sample strips. Caplin, acting as Myers business manager, submitted the strip to the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, which quickly accepted the strip. The first strip ran on April 19, 1970 and became an immediate success. The strips were reprinted in several collections during the 1970s and 1980s. Characters and story The strip takes place during the present in an unidentified forest. However, the setting is fluid. Locales can change drastically from day to day and background details can change from panel to panel within the same strip, while the characters remain stationary much like the backgrounds in Krazy Kat . Broom Hilda is capable of time travel , reappearing in various centuries throughout history to chat with burlesque versions of diverse historical figures. Broom Hilda a pun on Brynhildr Br nnhilde is a witch with green skin, a wart on the end of her nose and long stringy hair. She wears a black dress, black shoes, striped stockings one perpetually drooping and a black hat with a daisy on top. According to the strip s official site, Broom Hilda is Attila the Hun s ex wife. She is perpetually looking for a new husband, but due to her abrasive nature, the quest has th ... more details
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