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tarnhelm

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tarnhelm
golden helmet that allowed its wearer to assume any form or even become invisible. [Ger. Opera: Wagner The Ring of the Nibelung]


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Here, Siegfried, concealed in the cave, sang while Gunther mimed (in a robotic way); at the close of the act, when Siegfried has driven Brunnhilde into the cave, he re-emerged as himself, taking off the Tarnhelm.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Magna-Trigger, done by Rick Devoid at Tarnhelm Supply (www.
The third scene in Rheingold, during which the avaricious Alberich uses the potent Tarnhelm to transform himself first into a huge serpent and then into a toad, was wondrously evocative.
 
 
 
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