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Sigurd the Mighty Was Killed by a Severed Head

The Norse sagas are filled with astonishing death scenes. In his book Laughing Shall I Die, Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings, Tom Shippey explains that the defiant Viking attitude to death was largely responsible for making them such successful warriors. Read more Section:  News Weird Facts Read Later  Views: 0

Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

By Donald A. MackenzieFrom Teutonic Myth and Legend [1912] WHEN Helgi won his kingdom and his bride, Sinfjotle returned again unto Hunaland. Thereafter he set to warring in distant realms, and he achieved widespread renown and won much treasure. Now it chanced that his eyes fell with love upon an alien maid of exceeding great […]

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