# Hagen — What Is Art? character guide

> Hagen in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Villain in Wagner's Götterdämmerung, from the Ring cycle.

## Relationships

### [Siegfried](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/characters/siegfried)

_rivalry_

Hagen is Siegfried's antagonist, plotting his betrayal and murder.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/chapters/iii)

The king's wicked brother who plots to obtain the ring and kills Siegfried.

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