- that all
living creatures feared it. The
object is also
discussed in
Fáfnismál in the
Poetic Edda, here
translated as "Fear-helm": In the next stanzas...
-
Fáfnismál (Fáfnir's sayings) is an
Eddic poem,
found in the
Codex Regius m****cript. The poem is
unnamed in the m****cript,
where it
follows Reginsmál...
-
given to a
section of the
Poetic Edda text in
Codex Regius. It
follows Fáfnismál without interruption, and it
relates the
meeting of Sigurðr with the valkyrie...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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:...
- 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...
- also
suggests that the
three main
norns were
giantesses (female Jotuns).
Fáfnismál contains a
discussion between the hero
Sigurd and the
dragon Fafnir who...
