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This quote comes after the fictional invasion has been averted, and Siegfried and the Burgundians have embarked on the doomed hunting trip instead. Reading the list of creatures that Siegfried rapidly dispatches, one is at first tempted to think that the poet didn’t know much about the realities of hunting—but it’s more likely that the scene is meant to be funny, providing an interval of comic relief before the drama reaches its climax with the slaying of Siegfried. The note of teasing camaraderie, in fact, makes the coming betrayal all the more shocking. In addition, the scene serves the function…