Sigmund
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In Germanic mythology, Sigmund is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the children of Völsung and his wife Hljod. Sigmund is best known as the father of Sigu
A depiction of Sigmund by Arthur Rackham.
"Sigmund's Sword" (1889) by Johannes Gehrts.
Gram (mythology)
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In Germanic mythology, Gram in Norse legend, or Balmung in the Middle High German epic poem Nibelungenlied, is a magical godlike sword, specifically the sword that the hero Sigurd used to kill the dra
Sigmund
…Sigmund are attending the wedding feast (which lasted for some time before and after the marriage), when Odin, disguised as a beggar, plunges a sword (Gram) into the living tree Barnstokk ("offspring-trunk") around which Völsung's hall is built. The disguised Odin announces that the man who can remove the…
A depiction of Sigurd with Gram on the Ramsund carving, dated to around the year 1030
Sigurd proofs the sword Gram by Johannes Gehrts (1901)