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Germanic mythology,
Sigmund (Old Norse:
Sigmundr [ˈsiɣˌmundz̠], Old English:
Sigemund) is a hero
whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister...
- (Scyld Scēfing)
warrior king who
founded the
ruling house in Denmark.
Sigemund – a
legendary Germanic hero whom
Beowulf is
compared to.
Swerting – the...
- and his
family are
referred to in
Beowulf when a
thegn is
singing of how
Sigemund slew a worm: The
story of Völsung and his children, from the
marriage of...
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become Simontside. The name may be a
corruption of
Sigemund's seat or
Sigemund's settlement.
Sigemund or
Sigmund is the name of an old
Germanic hero from...
- the Völsung
tradition is the
Sigemund episode in Beowulf, in
which a
thegn recalls the Wælsing (Old Norse: Völsung)
Sigemund killing, with a sword, an unnamed...
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explores Klaeber's dual use of the term "aglæca/æglæca" for the
heroes Sigemund and
Beowulf as well as for
Grendel and Grendel's mother. She
argues that...
- The
parallel in the
story lies with the
similarity to Beowulf's hero
Sigemund and his companion:
Wiglaf is a
younger companion to
Beowulf and, in his...
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Symundesyate and Symondesyate. This may
contain the Old
English personal name
Sigemund, or a very
early surname deriving from it. Yat
represents the Old English...
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contest with
Unferth and his
swimming duel with Breca, and the tale of
Sigemund and the dragon;
history and legend,
including the
fight at
Finnsburg and...
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death at the
hands of the sons of Hunding. The Old
English tradition of
Sigemund (Sigmund)
complicates things even more: in
Beowulf Sigmund is said to have...
