Ring Cycle
Wagner's Ring Cycle opera reimagined as tarot exploring cursed ring mythology.
creator unknown · 1813
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The record
The Ring Cycle Tarot is an extraordinary deck created by Allegra Printz and published by Schiffer. It is based on Richard Wagners epic opera The Ring of the Nibelung, which tells the story of a cursed ring that wreaks havoc and destruction on the lives of all who possess it, and ultimately brings about the downfall of the gods. If this sounds a little familiar, yes Lord of the Rings, it is because both Wagner and Tolkien used the same source material for their inspiration Scandinavian myths, particularly the Edda, the Icelandic Edda, and a mediaeval Teutonic epic poem - Nibelungenleid. Richard Wagner (1813 1883) composed his epic 15 hour opera over a period of some 26 years (1848 1874) and unusually wrote both the libretto and music. The Ring of Nibelung is comprised of 4 operas that combine to tell the overarching tale of The Ring Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, and Gotterdammerung. This is a 78 card deck, with 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana cards. The Major Arcana follows A. E. Waites standard ordering of the cards, no cards have been renamed with the sole exception of Judgement, having Crowley's title "Aeon". However all the cards have alternate or sub titl
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