Fricka

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fictional character goddess mythological figure opera character

Fricka is the goddess of marriage and the jealous, morally rigid wife of Wotan in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
goddess ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn Das Rheingold NERFINISHED ⓘ
Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Die Walküre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Götterdämmerung NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith fidelity ⓘ
law ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
social order ⓘ
basedOn Frigg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frigga NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait jealous ⓘ
morally rigid ⓘ
unyielding ⓘ
conflictWith Brünnhilde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sieglinde NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
demands Brünnhilde’s obedience to Wotan ⓘ
punishment of Siegmund ⓘ
upholding of marriage vows ⓘ
firstPerformanceOfWork 1876 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasServant Hunding NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSibling Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Freia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Froh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle Fricka, Göttin der Ehe ⓘ
influences Wotan’s decisions ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
medium opera ⓘ
moralStance strict adherence to law over love ⓘ
nationalityOfWork German opera ⓘ
operaGenre music drama ⓘ
opposes Wotan NERFINISHED ⓘ
incestuous union of Siegmund and Sieglinde ⓘ
partOf pantheon of the gods in the Ring Cycle ⓘ
portrayedAs guardian of conventional morality ⓘ
relatedWork Norse mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Valhalla NERFINISHED ⓘ
role goddess of marriage ⓘ
protector of marital fidelity ⓘ
spouse Wotan NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes institution of marriage ⓘ
legalistic morality ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Das Rheingold → character → Fricka ⓘ
Die Walküre → featuresCharacter → Fricka ⓘ