The manner in which the cycle of the "Nibelung Ring" was first presented was as follows: The first opera was given on a Sunday, the last on a Wednesday, and then there were three days of rest, beginning once more on a Sunday and ending as before. This order continued for three representations, and it has been followed in Bayreuth ever since. For lack of means, Wagner saw his theatre opened only three times, but since his death there have been several performances. THE NIBELUNG RING FIRST DAY TETRALOGY THE RHEIN DAUGHTERS: Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde; guardians of the Rheingold. They appear in the "Rheingold" and in the "Dusk of the Gods." FRICKA: Goddess of Marriage or domesticity, Wotan's wife; sister of Donner, Froh, and Freia. Appears in the "Rheingold" and in the "Valkyrie." FREIA: Goddess of Plenty; sister to Donner, Froh, and Fricka. Appears in the "Rheingold." ERDA: Goddess of Wisdom; mother of the three Fates or Norns and of the nine Valkyries. Appears in the "Rheingold" and in "Siegfried." SIEGLINDE: Daughter of Wotan under his name of Waelse. Hunding's wife, and then Siegmund's wife. Siegfried is her son. Appears in the "Valkyrie." BRUENNHILDE: A Valkyrie; daughter of Wotan and Erda; first Siegfried's wife, then Gunther's. THE VALKYRIES: Helmwige, Gerhilde, Waltraute, Ortlinde, Rossweisse, Grimgerde, and Schwertleite. [Transcriber's Note: Siegrune omitted in original.] Daughters of Wotan and Erda, and sisters to Bruennhilde. Appear in the "Valkyrie," and Waltraute also in the "Dusk of the Gods." NORNS: Earth's daughters who spin men's destinies. GUTRUNE: Daughter of Gibich and Grimilde and Gunther's sister, Hagen's half-sister, and Siegfried's wife. Appears in the "Dusk of the Gods." WOTAN: (The Wanderer) King of the Gods, and God of War, Father of the Valkyries, Father of Siegmund and Sieglinde. Appears in the "Rheingold," the "Valkyrie," and as the Wanderer, in "Siegfried." Married to Fricka. ALBERICH: Gnome: King of the Nibelungs, Spirit of Darkness. Appears in the "Rheingold," "Siegfried," and the "Dusk of the Gods." FASOLT: Giant and brother of Fafner; belongs to the race of mortals. Appears in the "Rheingold." FAFNER: Giant and brother of Fasolt, and of the race of mortals. Appears in the "Rheingold" and "Siegfried." FROH: God of Pleasure; brother of Donner and Freia, and Fricka. Appears in the "Rheingold." DONNER: God of Thunder, brother to Fricka, Freia, and Froh. Appears in the "Rheingold." LOGE: Spirit of Fire and Flame. Belongs first to the underworld and then the Gods. Appears in the "Rheingold." MIME: Dwarf (Nibelung, foster-father of Siegfried.) Appears in the "Rheingold" and in "Siegfried." SIEGMUND: Son of Wotan, husband to Sieglinde and Siegfried's father. Appears in the "Valkyrie." SIEGFRIED: Son of Siegmund and Sieglinde, and grandson of Wotan (Waelse). Husband of Bruennhilde and Gutrune. Appears in "Siegfried" and the "Dusk of the Gods."