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Norse mythology,
Barnstokkr (Old Norse,
literally "child-trunk") is a tree that
stands in the
center of King Völsung's hall.
Barnstokkr is
attested in chapters...
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unknown to Sigmund, this is the god Odin. He
thrusts the
sword into the
Barnstokkr tree that grew in the
middle of the hall and said, “The man to pull out...
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draws a sword, and
thrusts it into
Barnstokkr. The
mysterious figure says that
whoever can pull the
sword from
Barnstokkr will
receive it as a gift, then...
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himself a
great hall in the
centre of
which stood a
large tree
called the
Barnstokkr. Siggeir, the King of the Geats, soon
arrived and
proposed to Signy. Both...
- It was at
their wedding feast that
Sigmund drew the
sword Gram from
Barnstokkr.
Three months after her wedding, Signy's
father and
brothers visited her...
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figures Andvari Fáfnir
Grani Hreiðmarr Odin Ótr
Regin Objects Andvaranaut Barnstokkr Gram
Related Þiðrekssaga
Hagbard and
Signy The
Legend of
Sigurd and Gudrún...
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Poetic Edda. Gram, the
sword that Odin
struck into the
world tree
Barnstokkr which only
Sigmund the Völsung was able to pull out. It
broke in battle...
- of Sigurd,
whose father, Sigmund,
draws the
sword Gram out of the tree
Barnstokkr where it is
embedded by the
Norse god Odin.
Apart from
legendary swords...
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which enters the
story is Gram (="wrath"),
stuck by Odin into the tree
Barnstokkr in the hall of the Völsungs. Only
Sigmund could pull it out. This caused...
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Location Description Attestations Barnstokkr The
center of King Völsung's hall Völsung's hall is
built around the tree, it
bears "fair blossoms",...
