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OBERON (Fr. Alberon, Auberon, Ger. Alberich, i.e. rich, Goth. reiks, " ruler "cf. Lat. rexand O.H. and M.H. Ger. pl. elbi, elbe, " elves," pl. alp) , king of the elves. In the legendary history 2 of the Merovingian dynasty he figures as a magician, apd is the brother of Merowech (Merovee). He wins for his eldest son Walbert the hand of a princess of Constantinople . In the Nibelungenlied he guarded the treasure of the Nibelungen, but was overcome by Sigfrid. In the German medieval poem of Ortnit
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Garden on the 12th of April 1826. In the Wagner dramas Alberich is the Nibelung who steals the magic gold from the Rhine maidens. He is there the father of Hagen , and has throughout the Ring a darker character than that assigned to him in the original
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See also C. Voretzsch, Epische Studien. Die Kompositionen des Huon von Bordeaux ( Halle
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