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...

Reginsmol: prose prelude to stanza 15. Fáfnismál (ON), Stanza 16 & 17. Bellows 2004, Fafnismol: stanzas 16 & 17. Fáfnismál (ON), Stanza 19. Bellows 2004, Fafnismol:...

"inciter to victory") It occurs only in Fáfnismál (stanza 44) and in stanza 4 of the Sigrdrífumál. In Fáfnismál, it could be a common noun, a synonym of...

modern English to refer to dragons, especially those lacking wings. In Fáfnismál, the dragon Fáfnir is described as flightless and snake-like, and is referred...

with Andvari and potentially also Fáfnir. While in the form of a worm in Fáfnismál, Fáfnir is described as flightless and snake-like while at the same point...

the Poetic Edda, the bridge is mentioned in the poems Grímnismál and Fáfnismál, where it is referred to as Bilröst. In one of two stanzas in the poem...

Hrotti is a sword in the Völsung cycle (Fáfnismál, Völsunga saga, 20). It was a part of Fáfnir's treasure, which Sigurðr took after he slew the dragon...

called to prevent him from causing an afflicted person's illness. In Fáfnismál, the worm Fáfnir refers to some Norns as "Dvalinn's daughters" (Old Norse:...

and inspiration. Finn MacCool and the legend of the Salmon of Knowledge Fáfnismál Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire which was possibly named after Ceridwen...

poetry, since the mead of poetry was originally created by the dwarfs. In Fáfnismál, during a discussion between Sigurd and Fafnir concerning the minor Norns...

sons Móði and Magni shall possess Thor's hammer Mjöllnir. In the poem Fáfnismál, the hero Sigurd asks the mortally wounded dragon Fáfnir the name of the...

beneath one of three roots growing from the world tree Yggdrasil. In Fáfnismál, the hero Sigurd stands before the mortally wounded body of the dragon...

also noted that Finn's Thumb of Knowledge is similar to the Norse tale Fáfnismál. Linguist Ranko Matasović, author of the Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic...

that was written on the basis of the other poems about Sigurd's life. In Fáfnismál, once Sigurd has tasted the blood of the dragon Fafnir, Sigurd understands...

also suggests that the three main norns were giantesses (female Jotuns). Fáfnismál contains a discussion between the hero Sigurd and the dragon Fafnir who...

blood eagle on Lyngvi, Regin praises Sigurd's ferocity in battle. In Fáfnismál, Sigurd accompanies Regin to Gnita-Heath, where he digs a pit. He stabs...

Shippey's analysis of similarities between Smaug and Fafnir Plot element Fáfnismál The Hobbit Killing the dragon Sigurd stabs Fafnir's belly Bard the Bowman...

miles" is a "general phrase for a vast distance". In the Poetic Edda poem Fáfnismál, the dying wyrm Fáfnir is asked by the hero Sigurd what the name of the...

Sinfjötli) Grípisspá (Grípir's prophecy) Reginsmál (Reginn's sayings) Fáfnismál (Fáfnir's sayings) Sigrdrífumál (Sigrdrífa sayings) The Great Lacuna A...

Prophecy of Grípir) Reginsmál (The Ballad of Regin, The Lay of Regin) Fáfnismál (The Ballad of Fáfnir, The Lay of Fáfnir) Sigrdrífumál (The Ballad of...

prose found in the Codex Regius manuscript. It is closely associated with Fáfnismál, the poem that immediately follows it in the Codex, and it is likely that...

Dvalinn "the dormant one", "the one slumbering", "Torpid" Alvíssmál, Fáfnismál, Grímnismál, Gylfaginning, Hávamál, Hervarar saga, Skáldskaparmál, Sörla...

guardian of Bifröst. Hrotti – Hrotti is a sword in the Völsung cycle (Fáfnismál, Völsunga saga, 20). It was a part of Fáfnir's treasure, which Sigurðr...

Surtr "Black" or "The swarthy one" Surti, Surt Wife: Sinmara (supposed) Fáfnismál, Fjölsvinnsmál, Gylfaginning, Nafnaþulur, Skáldskaparmál, Vafþrúðnismál...

Gunnar exchanged forms, is not given. Hindarfjall is also mentioned in Fáfnismál, where the birds, which Sigurðr can understand after tasting Fáfnir's...

modern times in a roughly complete form. The other older poems, Reginsmál, Fáfnismál and Sigrdrifumál, are collections of fragments and only the last part...

Voragine, The Golden Legend (c. 1260): the dragon slain by St. George. Fáfnismál in the Poetic Edda (by 13th century): Fáfnir. Völsunga saga (late 13th...

means "frightening helmet". It was Sigurd's helmet (in Gylfaginning 38, Fafnismál 16, 17, 44, and prose, and Reginsmál 14 and prose) that he took from the...

then he marries her. Consequently, Sigurd was born in captivity, cf. Fáfnismál. Frá dauða Sinfjǫtla only tells that Hjördís married Hálf, the son of...

prose author may have misunderstood a kenning for Valkyrie for a name. Fáfnismál Sigrdrífumál Sigrid Old Norse: Sigríðr, Latin: Syritha The first element...