Alberich

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Alberich was a legendary sorcerer originating in the mythos of the Frankish Merovingian Dynasty. See Oberon.

In the Nibelungenlied he is a dwarf, who guards the treasure of the Nibelungen, but is overcome by Siegfried.

In Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, Alberich is a composite character. He is mostly based on Alberich from the Nibelungenlied, but also on Andvari from Norse mythology.


[edit] In naval warfare

Aleberich is also the name of an experimental synthetic rubber skin for german WWII U-boats, designed to counter Allied sonar devices.

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