Fáfnir
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In Germanic heroic legend and folklore, Fáfnir was a dwarf or other type of humanoid who had shifted into the hamr of a Germanic dragon in order to protect a treasure, eventually being slain by a memb
A depiction of Sigurð slaying Fáfnir on the right portal plank from Hylestad Stave Church, the so-called "Hylestad I", from the second half of the 12th century
U 1163, the Drävle runestone, depicting Sigurð stabbing Fáfnir, who encircles the runestone.
Sigurð sucking the Fáfnir's heart-blood off his thumb.
Norman relief of St. George and the Dragon, Aversa Cathedral, Italy (11th century).
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
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.