Fafner

Summary

Dominique Pagani discusses Fafner in connection with Wagner's Ring cycle, mostly in the 2021 sessions devoted to the question "How can sciences of history be real?". He presents him as one of the two giants, more realistic than his brother Fasolt and more drawn to gold, which he prefers to love12. He recalls that Fafner demands the ring to complete the pile of gold, then kills his brother, thus becoming the first victim of the curse3. Transformed into a dragon, he watches over the treasure. He compares him to Uncle Scrooge: he is the figure of rent, of the owner who rests on his capital45. In 2022, in a session on Siegfried and Perceval, he points out that Fafner dies nobly, after giving Siegfried a historical anamnesis6. In 2024, he mentions him again as the dragon who sleeps while watching over the treasure.

1. 1#9.12 How can sciences of history be real?14 Jan 2021 · 1:39:33
2. 2#9.13 How can sciences of history be real?29 Jan 2021 · 48:32
3. 3#9.13 How can sciences of history be real?29 Jan 2021 · 59:54
4. 4#9.13 How can sciences of history be real?29 Jan 2021 · 1:16:07
5. 5#9.15 How can sciences of history be real?18 Feb 2021 · 25:58
6. 6Hesitation fascinated by hearing and by sight: Siegfried and Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 1:58:58

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