You Know The Ring Without Knowing It
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Well we already know of the Tolkien version of middle earth (Lord Of The Rings) based upon it, that is the original Norse and Icelandic myths, the film Apocalypse Now, the Bugs Bunny "Kill The Wabbit" and Game Of Thrones.
Six ways you learned about Wagner's Ring Cycle without even noticing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2QFHXDkCzwd7RP2nbzylJJv/six-ways-you-learned-about-wagners-ring-cycle-without-even-noticing
Game of Thrones
The more fantasy fiction you consume, the more you realise the seismic magnitude of the Ring Cycle's influence on Western culture. Game of Thrones is just the latest example of a Ring baby.
Quite apart from the shared themes of dragons, dwarfs, gold, war, twincest, insanely complex family trees and the abrupt deaths of all the characters you were just starting to get fond of, there’s also the sheer ruddy length of it all to consider. Classic Ring Cycle.
What is 'The Ring' about? - An Introduction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2xLdBDj2xZLpjrV7WMb6pHw/what-is-the-ring-about-an-introduction
Roger Scruton: The Ring of Truth
In his new book, The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung, the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton brings together a lifetime of study to cast Wagner’s tetralogy as a quasi-sacred experience, with its themes of sacrifice, heroism, love and power revealing the hidden depths of the human condition.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03y6crk
And finally -
Kill The Wabbit (Bugs Bunny)
ENJOY
Six ways you learned about Wagner's Ring Cycle without even noticing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2QFHXDkCzwd7RP2nbzylJJv/six-ways-you-learned-about-wagners-ring-cycle-without-even-noticing
Game of Thrones
The more fantasy fiction you consume, the more you realise the seismic magnitude of the Ring Cycle's influence on Western culture. Game of Thrones is just the latest example of a Ring baby.
Quite apart from the shared themes of dragons, dwarfs, gold, war, twincest, insanely complex family trees and the abrupt deaths of all the characters you were just starting to get fond of, there’s also the sheer ruddy length of it all to consider. Classic Ring Cycle.
What is 'The Ring' about? - An Introduction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2xLdBDj2xZLpjrV7WMb6pHw/what-is-the-ring-about-an-introduction
Roger Scruton: The Ring of Truth
In his new book, The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung, the philosopher and writer Roger Scruton brings together a lifetime of study to cast Wagner’s tetralogy as a quasi-sacred experience, with its themes of sacrifice, heroism, love and power revealing the hidden depths of the human condition.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03y6crk
And finally -
Kill The Wabbit (Bugs Bunny)
ENJOY