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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]
Sigurd is raised at the court of king Hjálprek, receives the sword Gram from the smith Regin, and slays the dragon Fafnir on Gnita-Heath by lying in a pit and stabbing it in the heart from underneath. Sigurd tastes the dragon's blood and understands the birds when they say that Regin will kill him in order to acquire the dragon's gold.
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.
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 buys the horse Grani, sired by Odin's eight-legged steed Sleipnir, and goes forth to kill Fafnir. Sigurd hides and stabs the dragon in the heart. As Fafnir's black blood drains over Sigurd and hardens his flesh, the young warrior withdraws his sword and leaps into the dragon's sight. As the dragon dies, Regin attempts to claim some of ...
Sigurð sucking the dragon blood off his thumb. The third scene shows Sigurð slaying the dragon with a sword. [3] After forging the sword, Sigurð and Regin travel to Gnita-Heath in order to find Fáfnir the dragon and take his treasure. There they dig a pit in the path used by Fáfnir, [5] and then he crawled into it.
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]
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.