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Sigurd

In Nordic tradition, Sigurd or Sigvard, in German tradition, Siegfried, is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon — known in Nordic tradition as Fafnir (Old Norse: Fáfnir) — and who was later murdered. He has several epithets, such as "Fáfnir's bane" (Old Norse: Fáfnisbani) in the Icelandic sagas, "the horn-skinned" (der hürnîn)…

Etymology, Continental Germanic traditions and attestations & Modern reception

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Etymology

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Continental Germanic traditions and attestations

Scandinavian traditions and attestations

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Sigurd

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related to Völsunga saga · 39
Sigurd → According, Aslaug, Brynhild, Fafnir, Fafnir's, Finally, German, Germany, He, Hjordis, Hjordis's, Hoenir, It, King Alf, King Hjalprek, King Sigmund, Loki, Loðbrókar, Lyngvi, Norway
related to Notable adaptations of the legend · 32
Sigurd → Christopher Tolkien, Der Ring, Die Nibelungen, Die Walküre, English, Ernest Reyer, French, Fritz Lang, Gudrun, Gudrún, Götterdämmerung, Harbou, In, James Baldwin, Nibelungen, Nibelungenlied, Norse, Richard Wagner's, Scandinavian, Siegfried
related to Þiðrekssaga · 29
Sigurd → Although, Bertangenland, Black Forest, Brynhild, Brünhild, Carolingians, German, Grane, He, Karlungaland, King Isung, Low German, Mimir, Mimir's, Nibelungenlied, Old Norse, Regin, She, Siegfried, Sigfrœð
related to The Prose Edda · 26
Sigurd → Atli, Brynhild, Brynhild's, Fafnir, Gjuki's, Gnita-Heath, Gram, Gudrun, Gunnar, Gunnar's, He, His, Hjálprek, Nibelungen, Prose Edda, Regin, Scandinavian, Sigurd's, Skáldskaparmál, Snorri
related to Relationship to Sigmund and the Völsungs · 25
Sigurd → Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, Catalin Taranu, Deira, England, Frankish, Gaut, German, Hunding, Hürnen Seyfrid, It, Notably, Odin, Scandinavia, Scandinavian, Sigi, Sigmund, Sigmund's, Sigurd's, This
related to Origins · 24
Sigurd → As, Austrasia, Brunhilda, But, Caroliginian Sigifridus, Chilperic, Chilperic's, Duke, Edward Fichtner, Franks, Fredegunda, Frisia, Germanic, Godfrid, Gunther, If, In, Jens Haustein, Merovingian, Merovingians
related to Sigurd's youth · 24
Sigurd → Both, Brunhild, Brynhild/Brünhild, Brünhild, German, Gök Runestone, Hürnen Seyfrid, In, It, Kriemhild, Lied, Middle High German, Nibelungen, Nibelungenlied, Norse, Ramsund, Scandinavian, Siegfried, Siegfried's, Sigurd's
related to Modern reception · 14
Sigurd → Das Lied, Eddic, Florigunda, Germany, Historia, Hürnen Seyfrid, Kriemhild, Löwhardus, Scandinavian, Scandinavian Renaissance, Siegfried, Siegfried's, The, The Nibelungenlied
related to Pictorial depictions · 14
Sigurd → Attempts, British Isles, Denmark, Fafnir, Germany, Many, Naples, Norman Sigurd, Norse, Sangüesa, Scandinavia, Sigurd's, Spanish Sigurd, There
related to Other traditions and attestations · 12
Sigurd → Der Marner, German, Gnita-Heath, In, Nibelunge, Nibelungs, Norse, Paderborn, Siegfried, Sigfrides, The Icelandic Abbot Nikulás, Westphalia

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siegfried brynhild dragon also german sigurd's regin tradition nibelungenlied scandinavian norse gunnar story fafnir gudrun kriemhild name old siegfried's two

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Sigurdis aposthumous son of King Sigmund and Hjordis0.90text
Der Spiegel.It has also been suggested by others that Sigurd may be a purely mythological figure without a historical origininstance ofincluding in popular magazines0.80text
the Nibelungenliedinstance ofas well as possibly some from German written sources0.80text
Samsoninstance ofSigurd appears beside Old Testament heroes0.80text
Gautinstance ofand other West Germanic royal genealogies often begin with Wodan or some other mythical ancestor0.80text
meaning that it is certainly possible that Sigurd's divine descent is an old traditioninstance ofand other West Germanic royal genealogies often begin with Wodan or some other mythical ancestor0.80text
Sigurdrelated to BalladsThe Scandinavian Sigurd0.60section
Sigurdrelated to BalladsNordic0.60section
Sigurdrelated to BalladsThey0.60section
Sigurdrelated to EpithetsIn0.60section
Sigurdrelated to EpithetsIcelandic0.60section
Sigurdrelated to EpithetsFáfnir's0.60section

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