Erda

E804190

character in Der Ring des Nibelungen character in opera goddess mythological character

Erda is the earth goddess and prophetic figure in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle, renowned for her wisdom and warnings to the gods.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mother Earth	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	character in Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ character in opera ⓘ goddess ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
appearsAs	contralto role ⓘ
appearsIn	Das Rheingold NERFINISHED ⓘ Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED ⓘ Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	earth ⓘ knowledge of fate ⓘ prophecy ⓘ
basedOn	earth goddess archetype ⓘ
composerOfWork	Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	Richard Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalOrigin	German Romantic opera ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ring Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance	Das Rheingold NERFINISHED ⓘ
genreOfWork	opera ⓘ
hasAttribute	all-knowing ⓘ mysterious ⓘ
hasChild	Brünnhilde NERFINISHED ⓘ the Valkyries NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	doom of the gods ⓘ fate ⓘ
influences	Wotan’s decisions ⓘ
inspiredBy	Germanic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Norse mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	German ⓘ
medium	music drama ⓘ
nationalityOfCreator	German ⓘ
notableFor	warnings to the gods ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
operaCycle	Der Ring des Nibelungen NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	cast of Das Rheingold ⓘ cast of Siegfried ⓘ
relatedWork	Götterdämmerung NERFINISHED ⓘ
residesIn	the depths of the earth ⓘ
roleInWork	earth goddess ⓘ prophetic figure ⓘ
spouseOrPartner	Wotan NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfCreation	19th century ⓘ
warns	Wotan NERFINISHED ⓘ the gods ⓘ
warnsAbout	the curse of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ the downfall of the gods ⓘ

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

Das Rheingold → character → Erda ⓘ

Kogi people → cosmologyConcept → Erda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mother Earth