May Posted by silverfox Sigurd is a legendary hero from old Germanic, Norse and Scandinavian mythologies, where he is best known for slaying the dragon Fafnir, rescuing the Valkyrie maiden Brynhildr and the disastrous events that come after with his death.
As I discovered when first doing my article for Brynhildr, there are a number of different stories and various spellings or names for the main character, all of whom and which seem to be the same story and characters. The stories also alter and change when you start looking at when one is written and recorded compared to another.
Brunhildr — The Valkyrie maiden whom Sigurd falls in love with and would have married had outside sources not interfered. In the Nibelung, her name is Kriemhild. Aslaug goes on to marry Ragnar Lodbrok. At first glance, due to the similarity of their stories, both Sigurd and Siegmund appear to be the same character. Perhaps they are, at the same time, I think it helps to remember regional variations from very similar cultures.
It should be noted that what the names of Sigurd and Siegfried mean are different, however they do share the first part of the names do have the same etymology. The second part of the names have very different meanings. This name translates to Victory-Protection or Protector of Victory.
This name translates to Victory-Peace or Peaceful Victory. Sivard Snarensven — This is the name of the hero from several medieval Scandinavian ballads. The most notable of these are the Ramsund carving dating from about 1, C. Ramsund Carvings — These runes show Sigurd sitting naked before a fire as he prepares to cook the heart taken from the dragon Fafnir. Within this saga, Sigurd is the son of Sigmund and Hiordis, his second wife.
