See also:

• OBERON (Fr. Alberon, Auberon, Ger. Alberich, i.e. rich, Goth. reiks, " ruler "—cf. Lat. rex—and O.H. and M.H. Ger. pl. elbi, elbe, " elves," pl. alp)

OBERON (Fr. Alberon, Auberon, Ger. Alberich, i.e. See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, Goth. reiks, " ruler "—cf. See also:

• LAT

Lat. rex—and O.H. and M.H. Ger. pl. elbi, See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

elbe, " elves," pl. See also:

• ALP

alp)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the elves . In the legendary See also:

• HISTORY

history 2 of the Merovingian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty he figures as a magician, apd is the See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Merowech (Merovee) . He wins for his eldest son Walbert the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of a princess of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . In the See also:

• NIBELUNGENLIED, or DER NIBELUNGE NOT

Nibelungenlied he guarded the treasure of the Nibelungen, but was overcome by Sigfrid . In the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval poem of See also:

• ORTNIT, or OTNIT

Ortnit, the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero is aided in his wooing by his See also:

• FATHER

father Alberich, the king of the dwarfs . As See also:

• OBERON (Fr. Alberon, Auberon, Ger. Alberich, i.e. rich, Goth. reiks, " ruler "—cf. Lat. rex—and O.H. and M.H. Ger. pl. elbi, elbe, " elves," pl. alp)

Oberon, king of the fairies, he fills a similar role in Huon of See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux (q.v.) . The See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element in the See also:

• ROMANCE

romance provided See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare with the fairy scenes of the Midsummer See also:

• NIGHT

Night's See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

Dream, and See also:

• WIELAND, CHRISTOPH MARTIN (1733-1813)

Wieland with the subject of his epic Oberon (1780) . See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben Jenson wrote a masque of Oberon, or the Fairy See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince (See also:

• WORKS

Works, 1616) . See also:

• WEBER, CARL MARIA FRIEDRICH ERNEST VON (1786–1826)
• WEBER, WILHELM EDUARD (1804-1891)

Weber's See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, Oberon, to the words of J . R . See also:

• PLANCHE, JEAN BAPTISTE GUSTAVE (1808–1857)

Planche, was first produced at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden on the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1826 . In the See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner dramas Alberich is the Nibelung who steals the magic See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold from the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine maidens .

He is there the father of See also:

• HAGEN
• HAGEN, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH VON DER (178o-1856)

Hagen, and has throughout the See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

Ring a darker See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character than that assigned to him in the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend . There have been attempts to find the original Oberon in the See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic See also:

• GWYN, NELL [ELEANOR] (1650-1687)

Gwyn Aron, but there is no doubt of his Germanic origin, although his history, as given by the poet of Huon of Bordeaux, contains elements derived from Celtic tradition—the magic See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup which remains full for the virtuous, and his parentage (he is the son of See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan la See also:

• FAY, ANDRAS (1786–1864)

fay and See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar) . With Oberon in the character of See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian of the treasure should be compared Andvari, the See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf of Scandinavian legend, who, in the shape of a See also:

• PIKE
• PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY (1779-1813)

pike, was seized by Loki and made to give up his treasure and the magic ring by which he could create more gold . This ring, the Andvaranautr, with the curse of Andvari upon it, caused the misfortunes of the Volsungs and the Burgundian Nibelungs, and is known in German romance as the Ring of the Nibelungen . See also C . Voretzsch, Epische Studien . See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Kompositionen See also:

• DES

des Huon von Bordeaux (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1900) ; J . Seemuller, " Die Zwergensage von Ortnit," in Zeitschr. See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur dent . Altert. vol. xvi . (1882) .