Fafnir, in Nordic mythology, name of the great dragon slain by Sigurd, the Norse version of the German hero Siegfried.As told in the Völsunga saga (“Saga of the Volsungs”), Fafnir slew his father, Hreithmar, to obtain the vast amount of gold which Hreithmar had demanded of Odin as a compensation for the loss of one of his sons.
Norse mythology contains some fascinating stories. Brynhildr then wills herself to die, and builds a funeral pyre for Sigurðr, Sigurðr's son, Guttorm (killed by Sigurðr) and herself. For having been deceived and cheated of the husband she had desired, Brynhildr plots revenge. 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. Brynhildr then kills herself and is burned on the same pyre as Sigurðr. On the dwarf’s third attempt, Sigurd presented Regin the two halves of his father’s Gram sword. [E]veryone said that no man now living or ever after would be born who would be equal to him in strength, courage, and in all sorts of courtesy, as well as in boldness and generosity that he had above all men, and that his name would never perish in the German tongue, and the same was true with the Norsemen.There are competing theories as to which name is original.
Copyright © 1999-2020 Godchecker, Inc. All rights reserved. When Sigurd goes to talk to her, the two confess their love for each other and Sigurd proposes divorcing Gudrun to be with Brynhild. During the wedding feast ofSigny, Sigmund’s sister, Sigmund, had received the sword from a strange man.
Fafnir, in Nordic mythology, name of the great dragon slain by Sigurd, the Norse version of the German hero Siegfried.As told in the Völsunga saga (“Saga of the Volsungs”), Fafnir slew his father, Hreithmar, to obtain the vast amount of gold which Hreithmar had demanded of Odin as a compensation for the loss of one of his sons. He was raised by a blacksmith named Regin, who made him a special sword from pieces of a sword owned by Sigurd's father.
Brynhildr then arranges to have Sigurðr killed by Gunnarr's brother Guðormr.
They often have very little in common with the original traditions, only using names found there.There are a number of proposed or confirmed depictions of Sigurd's youthful adventures in Scandinavia and on the British Isles in areas under Norse influence or control. Sigurd asked the dwarf to forge him a mighty sword that is capable of slaying the dragon.The dwarven smith confidently created a sword and presented it to Sigurd, but he broke the sword to his dismay. The sword shatters, so he has Reginn make another. Brynhild commits suicide soon afterwards, and she and Sigurd are both burned on the same pyre.The Scandinavian Sigurd tradition lived on in a number of ballads, attested from across the Nordic area. It didn’t do him much good. Names equivalent to Hermann Reichert, on the other hand, notes that Scandinavian figures who are attested in pre-twelfth-century German, English, and Irish sources as having names equivalent to Unlike many figures of Germanic heroic tradition, Sigurd cannot be easily identified with a historical figure. In addition to its vague description, the sword may or may not have a dragon symbol on it.Before the Gram sword was wielded by Sigmund (Sigurd’s father), it was primarily owned by men in the Volsung line.
Sigurd stabs Fafnir through the heart from underneath, killing him. Sigurðr does so and kills Fáfnir; Sigurðr then bathes in the dragon's blood, which touches all of his body except for one of his shoulders where a leaf was stuck.