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By the total work of art (gesamtkunstwerk) Wagner brings the myth back into focus by illud tempus hoping that in doing so he will re-sacralise the present time and space. Within the framework of the myths he approaches, the present paper deals with the feminine characters whose role is decisive in the unfolding of the Wagnerian drama. Every female character fits a conventional typologies, the present study bringing into question more than twenty such characters. Far from proposing a rigid typology, this analysis o...