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Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr [ˈsiɣˌurðr]) or Siegfried (Middle High German: Sîvrit) is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon—known in some Old Norse sources as Fáfnir—and who was later murdered, in the Nordic countries with the epithet "Fáfnir's bane" (Danish: Fafnersbane, Icelandic: Fáfnisbani, Norwegian ...
Sigurd hides in a pit near Fafnir's lair and springs out of it stabbing Fáfnir in the heart. Fáfnir, mortally wounded, converses with Sigurd in riddle-like conversation. Initially, Sigurd withholds his name because it was a belief that a mortally wounded man had special powers if he cursed his slayer by name.
In 2015, the star designated 42 Draconis was named Fafnir by the International Astronomical Union. [48] Fáfnir was depicted in Marvel Comics' Thor series, as "Fafnir". [49] Fáfnir appears as an enemy in the 2018 video game God of War. [50] Fáfnir appears as a recurring character in the manga series and anime Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. [51]
Hreiðmarr ignored Loki's warnings about the curse and kept the ring, only to have Fafnir and Regin later kill him for it. Fafnir decided he wanted Andvaranaut for himself, so he turned into a dragon and drove Regin away. Fafnir guarded the treasure until Sigurd, on Regin's instigation, arrived and delivered a fatal blow to the dragon. Regin ...
Fáfnir is a widely attested dragon that has a prominent role in the Völsung Cycle. [19] Fafnir took the form of a dragon after claiming a hoard of treasure, including Andvaranaut, from his father. He was later killed by a Völsung (typically Sigurd), who in some accounts hid in a pit and stabbed him from underneath with a sword. [27] [28]
The Norns feature in video games such as God of War Ragnarök (2022), in which Kratos, Freya, and Mimir's head traveled to them in order to know what Atreus is doing in Asgard. [ citation needed ] Other examples include the MMO Guild Wars 2 , which has a race of Viking themed people called norn, and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children 2 , where ...
Sigurd killing Regin in an engraving from the Hylestad Stave Church The decapitated Regin in the Ramsund carving. In Norse mythology, Reginn (; often anglicized as Regin or Regan) is a son of Hreiðmarr and the foster father of Sigurð. His brothers are Fáfnir and Ótr.
The dragon with his hoard is a common motif in early Germanic literature with the story existing to varying extents in the Norse sagas, but it is most notable in the Völsunga saga and in Beowulf. [6] Beowulf preserves existing medieval dragon-lore, most notably in the extended digression recounting the Sigurd/Fafnir tale. [2]