Art, Symbol & Imagination
Brünnhilde Asks Wotan What Ails Him
A red-cloaked woman leans towards a dark seated figure among wind-bent branches. The caption gives Brünnhilde’s anxious appeal to Wotan to explain his distress.
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Arthur Rackham. "Brünnhilde Asks Wotan What Ails Him" [editorial title]. In The Ring of the Niblung, Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour; Arthur Rackham. Reading edition, undated edition. Source scan leaf 171. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0594-0171
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Arthur Rackham. Brünnhilde Asks Wotan What Ails Him. The Ring of the Niblung. Scan leaf 171. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0594-0171