Heroes & Prophecies ยท Norse and Germanic world
Sigurd
The Germanic dragon-slaying hero whose glory is tangled with treasure, betrayal, and doomed love.
Legend File
Sigurd's fame begins under the dragon, but it does not end there. After killing Fafnir and taking the treasure, he enters a heroic web of oaths, memory, deception, Gudrun, Brunhild, and death. His story shows the old heroic bargain at its brightest and bleakest: courage wins the gold, but fate decides its cost.
Source Framing
Germanic heroic legend around Sigurd/Siegfried in Norse Poetic Edda and continental Nibelungenlied traditions, including Fafnir's dragon hoard, Gudrun/Kriemhild, Brunhild, betrayal, and death.
