# Siegmund — What Is Art? character guide

> Siegmund in What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Hero in Wagner's Die Walküre, part of the Ring cycle.

## Relationships

### [Sieglinda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/characters/sieglinda)

_romantic_

Sieglinda and Siegmund are twin siblings and forbidden lovers, bound by incestuous passion.

### [Wotan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/characters/wotan)

_family_

Siegmund is Wotan's son, but their relationship is strained by divine duty and betrayal.

### [Hunding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_art_se/characters/hunding)

_rivalry_

Hunding is Siegmund's mortal enemy, seeking to kill him for his wife's honor.

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