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Sigurd Ring (Old Norse: Sigurðr Hringr, in some sources merely called Hringr [1]) according to legend was a king of the Swedes, [2] being mentioned in many old Scandinavian sagas. According to these sources he was granted rulership over Sweden as a vassal king under his uncle Harald Wartooth .
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 ...
Another visitor is Sigurd Ring (Sigvard Ring), the king of Sweden and Denmark, who falls in love with his daughter Alfsol. Considering the king too old for Alfsol they kill her by poisoning rather than letting Sigurd have her. The wrinkled old king kills both Alf's young sons in a duel but is severely wounded himself. [85]
Drawing of the Ramsund carving from c. 1030, illustrating the Völsunga saga on a rock in Sweden.At (1), Sigurd sits in front of the fire preparing the dragon's heart. The Völsunga saga (often referred to in English as the Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the ...
The Battle of Brávellir or the Battle of Bråvalla was a legendary battle, said to have taken place c. 770, [2] that is described in the sagas as taking place on the Brávellir between Sigurd Hring, king of Sweden and the Geats of Västergötland, and his uncle Harald Wartooth, king of Denmark and the Geats of Östergötland.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Period of European history (about 800–1050) Viking Age picture stone, Gotland, Sweden. Part of a series on Scandinavia Countries Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden History History by country Åland Denmark Faroe Islands Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Scotland Sweden Chronological ...
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Sigurd killed twelve of Haki 4 's men and cut off one of his arms before he was killed. Haki 4 and his men then rode to Sigurd's home and took Sigurd's children captive. [182] Hálfdanar saga svarta, Ragnarssona þáttr: Sigurd Ring: Old Norse: Sigurðr Hringr, Hringr, Latin: Siuardus Ring, Ringo