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Fafnir

The treasure-hoarding dragon slain by Sigurd, where greed turns kinship into a scaled curse.

Legend File

Fafnir is a dragon made from possession. In the Volsung and wider Germanic heroic world, cursed treasure transforms him into a hoarder whose body becomes the shape of greed itself. Sigurd's victory is heroic, but it does not make the gold safe; the dragon dies, while the curse keeps moving through human hands.

Source Framing

Norse and broader Germanic heroic legend around Fafnir as a dragon or transformed hoarder slain by Sigurd/Siegfried, tied to the Volsung-Nibelung gold hoard and curse cycle.

Archive reference plate of Fafnir as a hoard dragon with cave, scale, claw, and cursed treasure studies.
Source reference Fafnir reference plate Norse and broader Germanic heroic legend around Fafnir as a dragon or transformed hoarder slain by Sigurd/Siegfried, tied to the Volsung-Nibelung gold hoard and curse cycle. Codex art session / Myth Atlas