An exhaustive, three-volume presentation of the totality of mythological thought associated with Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung". This volume, presented in two parts, includes a supplement on the names detailed in volumes one and two with specific examination of every person, thing, or object given a proper name in the drama. The book assembles and explicates the many miscellaneous elements, which are difficult to categorize and which are vital in order to appreciate fully this opera.