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ID: 901000808
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000808
Record Type: Character/Person

Alberich (Norse character)

Note: Character from Nibelungenlied, dwarf, who guards the treasure of the Nibelungen, but is overcome by Siegfried.

Names:
Alberich (Norse character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Norse iconography> (P)
........<Norse characters> (P)
............Alberich (Norse character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Nibelungenlied
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Poetry, Nibelungenlied (epic poem, unknown Austrian, ca. 1200)) [901000806]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... dwarf
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Alberich (Norse character)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Story summary of Das Rheingold," accessed 12 June 2016
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberich#/media/File:Ring11.jpg

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