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 The mother-imago, which is the symbol of the dying and resurrected libido, is explained by Brunhilde to the hero, as his own will:

"Thyself am I If blest I be in thy love."

The great mystery of the Logos entering into the mother for rebirth is proclaimed with the following words by Brunhilde:

"O Siegfried, Siegfried, Conquering light! I loved thee ever, For I divined The thought that Wotan had hidden— The thought that I dared Not to whisper—[136] That all unclearly Glowed in my bosom Suffered and strove; For which I flouted Him, who conceived it:[136] For which in penance Prisoned I lay, While thinking it not And feeling only, For, in my thought, Oh, should you guess it? Was only my love for thee."

The erotic similes which now follow distinctly reveal the motive of rebirth:

Siegfried:

A glorious flood Before me rolls.