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father's sword, and when he strikes the anvil, it is cloven in two. Once he tested the strength of the sword, he left the workshop and went to a nearby stream to check its edge. Throwing a piece of wool upstream, he lets it press against Gram, causing it to be sliced through. After testing the blade's sharpness, he uses it to avenge his father, Sigmund, by slaying Lyngvi. Of the many feats done by Gram, by far the most well-known and important is the slaying of Fafnir the dragon. This deed is accomplished by Sigurd with a single, mighty thrust to the left shoulder where he drives the sword so deep, he gets his arms bloodied up to the shoulder. Eventually, Gram is used as a sign of chastity when it is placed between Sigurd and
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is covetous of it, offering Sigmund three times its weight in gold. When he refuses, King Siggeir grows angry and secretly begins plotting to steal it from Sigmund, eventually killing his father and capturing him and all of his brothers. After this, the sword disappears from the narrative until Signy
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tree that grew in the middle of the hall and said, “The man to pull out this sword from the trunk shall receive it from me as a gift and he will find out for himself that he never bore in hand a better sword than this.” Soon after he departed every man made his attempt to pull the sword out of the
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Regin confidently makes Sigurd an admirable sword, but when Sigurd sees it, he is disappointed when it easily breaks with a single blow. On his second attempt, Regin makes him a sword superior to the last, but it also breaks. On his third attempt, Sigurd brings Regin the two halves of Gram, his
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is a clear description of Gram given, but there is enough scattered throughout the story to draw a picture of the sword. Sigurd's weapons, Gram included, are described as being "all decked with gold and gleaming bright". Depending on how the text is read, the sword may or may not have a dragon
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on their funeral pyre after Brynhild arranged Sigurd's death before killing herself in turn. After this, the sword is no longer found in the manuscript.
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Volsunga Saga. Trans. Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris. London: n.p., 1888. N. pag.Sacred-texts. Web. 8 May 2016.
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later trains an adult Sigurd in metalworking. After a period of time, he tells Sigurd of the mighty dragon,
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cycle, Mime, who essentially takes Regin's part, is unable to reforge Nothung (as Gram is called in the
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wood. All fail except Sigmund, who easily extracts it. The sword is a fine sword, and
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emblazoned on it and/or depending on the translation have been "brown of hue".
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Depending on the story and source material, Gram may have other names. In
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Note: some of the existing swords are named after earlier legendary ones.
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The Teutonic Mythology of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung"
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secretly gives it back to Sigmund as he is buried alive with
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The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
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Index

Nothung
Garmr or Garm
Balmung (.hack)

Ramsund carving
Norse mythology
Old Norse
sword
Sigurd
Fafnir
Völsungs
Volsunga Saga
Thidrekssaga
Hildebrand
The Nibelungenlied
Richard Wagner's
Der Ring des Nibelungen
[ˈnoːtʊŋ]
Volsunga Saga

Johannes Gehrts

Johannes Gehrts
Volsunga Saga
Völsung line
Sigmund
Signy
Odin
Barnstokkr
King Siggeir

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