'Mime finds the mother of Siegfried in the forest', 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham

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'Mime finds the mother of Siegfried in the forest', 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. The dwarf Mime is forced to explain how he came across Sieglinde dying in childbirth in the forest and how he took in Siegfried to bring him up. From a private collection.

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