Santu De Silva wrote:

>Well, pay attention, folks; in the story Siegfried had never seen a girl
>before; he'd been brouhgt up exclusively by Mime, a male dwarf.  As far as
>he knew, he was the only representative of his race.  ...

And of course it doesn't reduce the confusion for poor Siegfried that
Brunhilde, asleep on the flame-encircled rock, is clothed in a man's armor.

Walter Meyer