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Fáfnismál (Fáfnir's sayings) is an
Eddic poem,
found in the
Codex Regius m****cript. The poem is
unnamed in the m****cript,
where it
follows Reginsmál...
- that all
living creatures feared it. The
object is also
discussed in
Fáfnismál in the
Poetic Edda, here
translated as "Fear-helm": In the next stanzas...
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modern English to
refer to dragons,
especially those lacking wings. In
Fáfnismál, the
dragon Fáfnir is
described as
flightless and snake-like, and is referred...
- with
Andvari and
potentially also Fáfnir.
While in the form of a worm in
Fáfnismál, Fáfnir is
described as
flightless and snake-like
while at the same point...
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given to a
section of the
Poetic Edda text in
Codex Regius. It
follows Fáfnismál without interruption, and it
relates the
meeting of Sigurðr with the valkyrie...
- the
Poetic Edda, the
bridge is
mentioned in the
poems Grímnismál and
Fáfnismál,
where it is
referred to as Bilröst. In one of two
stanzas in the poem...
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Hrotti is a
sword in the Völsung
cycle (
Fáfnismál, Völsunga saga, 20). It was a part of Fáfnir's treasure,
which Sigurðr took
after he slew the dragon...
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called to
prevent him from
causing an
afflicted person's illness. In
Fáfnismál, the worm Fáfnir
refers to some
Norns as "Dvalinn's daughters" (Old Norse:...
- also
noted that Finn's
Thumb of
Knowledge is
similar to the
Norse tale
Fáfnismál.
Linguist Ranko Matasović,
author of the
Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic...
- and inspiration. Finn
MacCool and the
legend of the
Salmon of
Knowledge Fáfnismál Cottingham, East
Riding of
Yorkshire which was
possibly named after Ceridwen...
