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Alberich

Alberich seduces the king's mother (a scene from Ortnit, 1480 woodcut)
Alberich (with whip) drives on the Nibelung dwarfs, who collect gold and other treasures. (Arthur Rackham, 1910)
Siegfried wrestles with Alberich (Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1843)

In German heroic legend, Alberich (German: [ˈalbəʁɪç]) is a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems Nibelungenlied and Ortnit. He also features in the Old Norse collection of German legends called the Thidreksaga under the name Alfrikr. His name means "ruler of supernatural beings (elves)", and is equivalent to Old French Alberon or Auberon (English Oberon).[1]

The name was later used for a character in Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.

  1. ^ Gillespie 1973, p. 4.

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