Aslaug
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Aslaug, also called Aslög, Kráka or Kraba, is a figure in Norse mythology who appears in Snorri's Edda, the Völsunga saga and in the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok as one of his wives.
Aslaug by Mårten Eskil Winge (1862)
King Heimer and Aslaug. Painting by August Malmström (1856).
Áke and Grima discover Aslaug. Painting by Mårten Eskil Winge (1862).
Sigmunds Schwert by Johannes Gehrts
Sigurd
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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 — and who was later mur
Aslaug
…Völsunga saga and in the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok as one of his wives. According to the 13th-century Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok, Aslaug was the daughter of Sigurd and the shieldmaiden Brynhildr, but was raised by Brynhildr's foster father Heimer. At the deaths of Sigurd and Brynhildr, Heimer was concerned about…
The death of Siegfried. Hagen stands to the right of Siegfried with a bow. From the Hundeshagenscher Kodex.
"Sigurd proofs the sword Gram" (1901) by Johannes Gehrts.
Siegfried's Departure from Kriemhild, by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, c. 1843
Siegfried and the dragon - From the painting by Delitz, found in The Victrola book of the opera, 1910.