Khaenri’ah, Wagner’s Ring cycle, and Dainsleif’s Secret – Genshin Impact Lore and Theory

Credit to u/Express-Extent-2176 for the discovery of the ring.
Outdated theory of mine posted a year ago on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Lore/s/iX0Ij6eE6w
This is the updated and revised version of that with new information from Fontaine and Natlan.

Timing:
00:00 Introduction
00:39: Part 1 – Das Rheingold
10:20: Khaenri’ah proposed timeline
17:42: Part 2 – The Walkyrie
26:30: Part 3 – Siegfried

Recommended Reading:
Richard Wagner’s
An analysis of the Gnostic theme in Wagner’s Ring cycle:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/wagner/selectedessays/pdf/NelsonWeiss.pdf
Richard Wagner’s religious ideas : a spiritual journey, Alan David Aberbach.

The Rheinmaidens: Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan, 1978.
Alberich’s curse: Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Hermann Becht as Alberich.
Siegfried scene: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1990.
Brunhilde’s immolation: Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde.