short fiction · 2026-10-22

Jungian Echoes

Written in free time, from: Creative writing

After Siegfried has slain the dragon, he meets the father, Wotan, plagued by gloomy cares, for the primitive mother, Erda, has placed in his path the snake, in order to enfeeble his sun. He says to Erda: “Wanderer”: All-wise one, Care’s piercing sting by thee was planted In Wotan’s dauntless heart With fear of shameful ruin and downfall. Filled was his spirit by tidings Thou didst foretell. Art thou the world’s wisest of women? Tell to me now How a god may conquer his care.