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...
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Helm of Awe (section Fáfnismál)
Reginsmol: prose prelude to stanza 15. Fáfnismál (ON), Stanza 16 & 17. Bellows 2004, Fafnismol: stanzas 16 & 17. Fáfnismál (ON), Stanza 19. Bellows 2004, Fafnismol:...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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and inspiration. Finn MacCool and the legend of the Salmon of Knowledge Fáfnismál Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire which was possibly named after Ceridwen...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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also suggests that the three main norns were giantesses (female Jotuns). Fáfnismál contains a discussion between the hero Sigurd and the dragon Fafnir who...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sinfjötli) Grípisspá (Grípir's prophecy) Reginsmál (Reginn's sayings) Fáfnismál (Fáfnir's sayings) Sigrdrífumál (Sigrdrífa sayings) The Great Lacuna A...
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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...
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Dvalinn "the dormant one", "the one slumbering", "Torpid" Alvíssmál, Fáfnismál, Grímnismál, Gylfaginning, Hávamál, Hervarar saga, Skáldskaparmál, Sörla...
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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...
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Surtr "Black" or "The swarthy one" Surti, Surt Wife: Sinmara (supposed) Fáfnismál, Fjölsvinnsmál, Gylfaginning, Nafnaþulur, Skáldskaparmál, Vafþrúðnismál...
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Gunnar exchanged forms, is not given. Hindarfjall is also mentioned in Fáfnismál, where the birds, which Sigurðr can understand after tasting Fáfnir's...
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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...
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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...
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modern times in a roughly complete form. The other older poems, Reginsmál, Fáfnismál and Sigrdrifumál, are collections of fragments and only the last part...
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then he marries her. Consequently, Sigurd was born in captivity, cf. Fáfnismál. Frá dauða Sinfjǫtla only tells that Hjördís married Hálf, the son of...
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prose author may have misunderstood a kenning for Valkyrie for a name. Fáfnismál Sigrdrífumál Sigrid Old Norse: Sigríðr, Latin: Syritha The first element...
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