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Fafnir dragon guarding the Nibelung’s gold. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Siegfried, Westerman, 240–241] See : Guardianship Fafnir his slaying represents the destruction of night demon. [Norse Myth.: LLEI, I: 327] See : Night |
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Other heroes associated with particular weapons include Thor, who fights with the hammer Mjollnir; Sigurd, who slays the treasure-hoarding dragon Fafnir with his sword Gram; and Beowulf, whose strength is such that no weapon is greater, but who is said to fight with the sword Hrunting against Grendel's dam, and the sword Naegling in his final, fatal, battle with the dragon. This sensor-serpent with its long, synthetic neck and vacuum-cleaner head is both a neat piece of technology and Fafnir the Worm of Norse mythology. The stone's inscription, incised ribbon-like around pictorial representations of significant characters, tells the story of the hero Sigurd and how he killed the dragon Fafnir and discovered the plot of Regin, his treacherous companion. |
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