Fáfnismál
The Fáfnismál or Dit of Fáfnir is a heroic poem of the poetic Edda . It evokes the setting with dead by Sigurd of Fáfnir then of Regin.
With the Reginsmál and the Sigrdrífumál , it belongs to the poems devoted to the youth of Sigurd ( Jung-Sigurd-Lieder ). In the Codex Regius , these three poems form one of them, entitled Sigurðarkviða Fáfnisbana önnur (“Second song of Sigurd Fáfnisbani”). They are probably the result of the amalgam of several older poems.
The Fáfnismál is composed of forty-four stanzas in Ljóðaháttr , framed and intersected by passages in prose.
Account
The death of Fáfnir
Sigurd and Regin goes to Gnitaheidr, where Fáfnir, having taken the shape of a dragon, takes care on its gold. Sigurd digs a pit, is dissimulated, and transpierced Fáfnir of its sword there when it passes above him.
A dialog begins then. It is initially question of the origins of Sigurd, then Fáfnir announces that gold will lead the hero to death. Sigurd then raises with the dragon mythological questions, questioning it about the Nornes and the place where the ultimate combat between the gods and Surt will be held. Before dying, Fáfnir advises in Sigurd to leave, repeating to him that gold will cause its death. He prevents it finally that Regin wants to betray it.
The death of Regin
Once died Fáfnir, Regin, which had moved away during the combat, returns at Sigurd and, after having torn off the heart of his/her brother, requires of the hero to cook it. Concerning the heart to know if it is cooked, Sigurd burns and carries its finger to its mouth. Consequently, it can include/understand the language of the birds. The titmouses teach him that Regin for killing it. Sigurdr slices the head to him during its sleep, eats the heart of Fáfnir and drinks the giant blood of both S.
The prophecy of the titmouses
The birds predict then that Sigurd will require in marriage the beautiful one and rich girl of the king Gjúki (i.e. Gudrún). She sleeps in a room surrounded by flames, at the top of a mountain.
Going up the track of the dragon, Sigurdr goes in the cave of Fafnir, where it seizes its treasure and many other invaluable objects.
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