Fáfnismál
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Fáfnismál (Fáfnir's sayings) is an Eddic poem, found in the Codex Regius manuscript. The poem is unnamed in the manuscript, where it follows Reginsmál and precedes Sigrdrífumál, but modern scholars regard it as a separate poem and have assigned it a name for convenience.
The poem forms a more coherent whole than Reginsmál. Most of it is composed in ljóðaháttr, though nine stanzas deviate from the form. The first part of the poem is a dialogue between Sigurd and Fáfnir. The poem moves on to Sigurd's slaying of Fáfnir, dealings with Reginn and claiming of the gold hoard.
References
- [Fafnismol] Translation and commentary by Henry A. Bellows
- [Fafnismol] Translation by Benjamin Thorpe
- [Fáfnismál] Translation by Lee M. Hollander
- [Fáfnismál] Sophus Bugge's edition of the manuscript text
- [Fáfnismál] Guðni Jónsson's edition of the text with normalized spelling
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