Definition of: Ring of the Nibelung

(nē′bə·lng)
In German legend, the ring which Alberich made from the Rheingold. In his tetralogy of music dramas, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Die Götterdämmerung, which collectively bear this title, Richard Wagner traces the story of the ring. Also German Der Ring des Ni·be·lung·en (der ring des nē′bə·lng′ən).