Title

'Siegfried kills Fafner', 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham

Caption

'Siegfried kills Fafner', 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Mime takes Siegfried to Fafner's cave and when Siegfried starts playing his horn, Fafner comes out. They fight and Siegfried kills him with his sword, Nothung. From a private collection.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1920

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D81_394

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,4Mb (1,8Mb) / 10,7in x 14,7in / 3209 x 4396 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany people male man men German country entertainment guy British weapon weapons color colour death dragon war opera illustration location century sword Britain swords concept legend myth killing mythology hero twenties stabbing heroic warfare germanic heroism mythical creature weaponry legendary 1920s 20th century mythical beast Norse mythology lithograph Der Ring des Nibelungen The Ring of the Nibelung Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner Historica Graphica Collection Arthur Rackham Siegfried Fafner Nothung Rackham Arthur Richard Wagner lithograph