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==In the ''Ring of the Nibelung''==
In [[Richard Wagner]]'s opera cycle, ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'', Wotan's (Odin's) spear is made from the wood of the [[world tree]], the [[ash tree]] [[Yggdrasil]], and engraved with the contracts from which Wotan's power derives. He uses the spear to break the sword of [[Sigmund|Siegmund]], leading to Siegmund's death. When he later tries to bar Siegmund's son [[Sigurd|Siegfried]] from awakening [[Brünnhilde]] from her magic sleep, Siegfried breaks the spear in two and Wotan flees. In the concluding opera ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' Wotan is said to have returned to his stronghold [[Valhalla]] with the broken spear and withdrawn from worldly matters.