Wotan in a sentence

But Fricka, Wotan’s wife, storms into Wotan’s office and, as goddess of marriage, she takes umbrage at the callous way Siegmund and Sieglinde have broken Sieglinde’s marriage vows to Hunding.

Bitterly, Wotan orders Brünnhilde to obey Fricka and grant victory to Hunding in his battle with Wotan's beloved son Siegmund.

He points out that Wotan's authority is sustained by the treaties carved into his spear, including his contract with the giants, which Wotan therefore cannot violate.

He realizes that Wotan is not Arthur, and punches him out.

Wotan’s farewell retained Hakala’s fine-edged clarity and grained strength even as it surged with warmth.

A great a head for a beheading … Brindley Sherratt as Fafner and John Lundgren as Wotan in Das Rheingold.

Hannah Ludwig was a commanding presence as Fricka, Wotan’s wife and the sister of Freia, the innocent he is willing to offer to the giants to build his fortress, Valhalla.

There’s a painting here of Woden, king of the gods – the German Wotan, the Viking Odin.

A large, eight-legged lifting frame, nicknamed the "spider", was carefully positioned over the turret to move it onto the platform and the entire affair would be lifted by the crane mounted on the Wotan.

Alberich refuses, but Wotan seizes it from his finger and puts it on his own.

Backed into a corner, Wotan promises Fricka that Siegmund will die.

Blessed by Brünnhilde, Siegmund begins to overpower Hunding, but Wotan appears and shatters Nothung (Siegmund's sword) with his spear.

Broadwater, 2012, p. 183 As archaeologists examined the contents of the turret after it has been landed aboard Wotan, they discovered a second skeleton, but removing it did not begin until the turret arrived at the Mariners' Museum for conservation.

Das Rheingold premiered at the National Theatre Munich on 22 September 1869, with August Kindermann in the role of Wotan, Heinrich Vogl as Loge, and Karl Fischer as Alberich.

Donner (god of thunder) and Froh (god of spring) arrive to defend their sister Freia, but Wotan stops them; as ruler of the gods, he cannot permit the use of force to break the agreement.

Finally, Wotan demands the ring.

He is depicted as an ally of the gods (specifically Wotan 's assistant rather than Donner's ), although he generally dislikes them and thinks of them as greedy, as they refuse to return the Rhine Gold to its rightful owners.

His grandson, the mortal Siegfried, wins the ring by slaying Fafner (who slew Fasolt for the ring) – as Wotan intended – but is eventually betrayed and slain as a result of the intrigues of Alberich's son Hagen, who wants the ring.

Hoping Loge will arrive with the alternative payment he promised, Wotan tries to stall.

In order to win Freia back, Wotan resolves to travel to Alberich's kingdom under the earth, in pursuit of the gold.