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The German Nibelungen and the corresponding Old Norse form Niflung (Niflungr) is the name in Germanic and Norse mythology of the royal family or lineage of the Burgundians who settled at Worms.
Source: Wikipedia
It’s also (and more obviously) linked with Wagner’s epic and it’s only appropriate that there’s an annual festival in Worms, smack up against the cathedral and directed by Dieter Wedel, an iconic chappy in the top end of the arts scene in Germany.
Central to the whole thing, of course, is the search for the Rheingold – the sunken treasure supposedly on the bed of the Rhine.
There, is of course, Billy Crash’s version of the story. (Met Martin – his real name – last week at the Willy Deville concert, actually. Nicest guy)
And Fred Dagg could tell you a thing or two about opera as well.
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>First, my apologies for a bit of cut and paste commenting. I have been doing the rounds via Bloglines and looking at all the pictures from my favourite photo blogs, but haven’t been leaving comments. Generally, I try to comment every three or so days (I know how good it is for ‘morale’ to know that someone is out there appreciating them), but after the birth of my second son, I am a bit knackered to think up something witty and insightful on the hop. Thus the resort to Control+C and Control+P!Kris from Hobart, Tasmania.