Svanhildr
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Svanhildr was the daughter of Sigurd and Gudrun in Germanic heroic legend who was noted for her beauty. Her death at the hands of her husband Ermanaric was told in many northern European stories, incl
Svanhildr as illustrated by Jenny Nyström in Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda.
Sigmunds Schwert by Johannes Gehrts
Ragnarsdrápa
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Ragnarsdrápa is a skaldic poem attributed to the oldest known skald, Bragi inn gamli Boddason, who lived in the 9th century. Bragi describes the myths depicted on a decorated shield given to him by a
One of the decorations on Ragnarr's shield probably showed Thor's fishing trip. This illustration of the scene is from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript.
