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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Bjark 6III

[6] rógi Niflunga ‘with the strife of the Niflungar <legendary heroes> [GOLD]’: The Niflungar were the heroes Gunnarr and Hǫgni, sons of a legendary king Gjúki, together with their step-brother Guthormr and their sisters Guðrún and Guðný. Guðrún married Sigurðr Fáfnisbani ‘Slayer of Fáfnir’ who had come into possession of a fabulous horde of gold that the Niflingar coveted and for which they killed Sigurðr. Thus gold can be called the ‘strife’ of the Niflungar, even though it was merely its catalyst.

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