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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 ...
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 was then also killed by Sigurd while attempting to murder him for the ring, thus leaving all of Hreiðmarr's family dead. [2] [3]
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]
A depiction of Sigurd with Gram on the Ramsund carving, dated to around the year 1030. In Norse mythology, Gram (Old Norse Gramr, meaning "Wrath"), [1] also known as Balmung or Nothung, is the sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir. [2] It is primarily used by the Völsungs in the Volsunga Saga.
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.
Sigurd plunges his sword into Fáfnir's chest in this illustration by Arthur Rackham. Fáfnismál ( Fáfnir 's sayings ) is an Eddic poem , found in the Codex Regius manuscript. The poem is unnamed in the manuscript, where it follows Reginsmál and precedes Sigrdrífumál , but modern scholars regard it as a separate poem and have assigned it a ...
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]
Its imagery shows Sigurd thrusting his sword through the dragon Fafnir (the lindworm or serpent band containing the runic inscription), the dwarf Andvari, and the valkyrie Sigrdrífa offering a drinking horn to Sigurd. The runestone has a stylized Christian cross, as do a number of other Sigurd stones: U 1175, Sö 327, Gs 2, and Gs 9. [3]