Sigurd
Norse · scion · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Sigurðr Fáfnisbani, the supreme hero of the North and the Siegfried of continental legend. Posthumous son of Sigmund; reforged his father's sword Gram, slew the dragon Fáfnir, took the cursed hoard and the ring Andvaranaut, gained the speech of birds from the dragon's blood, and woke the valkyrie Brynhildr. His entanglement with the Gjúkungs and Brynhildr brings about his murder and the curse's spread through the Niflung line.
Parentage
- father: SigmundPosthumous son of Sigmund by Hjördís.Vǫlsunga saga ch. 12-13 (primary)
- parent: Hjördís
Children
Powers
- Understands the speech of birds
- Slayer of the dragon Fáfnir
Epithets
- Fáfnisbani 'Slayer of Fáfnir'Fáfnismál (Poetic Edda); Vǫlsunga saga; Snorri, Skáldskaparmál (primary)
Relations
- father: SigmundPosthumous son of Sigmund by Hjördís.Vǫlsunga saga ch. 12-13 (primary)
- sibling: Helgi HundingsbaneHalf-brother; both sons of Sigmund.Vǫlsunga saga ch. 9, 12 (primary)
- father of: ÁslaugDaughter by Brynhildr.Vǫlsunga saga ch. 29; Ragnars saga loðbrókar ch. 1 (primary)
- father of: SvanhildDaughter by Gudrún.Vǫlsunga saga ch. 32; Skáldskaparmál (primary)
- lover: BrynhildrReciprocal of norse_brynhildr.lover (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
- spouse: GudrúnReciprocal of norse_gudrun.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
Sources
- existence: Reginsmál, Fáfnismál, Sigrdrífumál (Poetic Edda) (primary); Vǫlsunga saga ch. 13-32 (primary); Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál (primary)
- dragon-slaying: Fáfnismál, prose (primary)