Gram (mythology)

"Balmung" redirects here. For the character from the ".hack" franchise, see Balmung (.hack).

Sigmund's Sword
Johannes Gehrts (1889)

Sigurd proofs the sword Gram Johannes Gehrts (1901)

In Norse mythology, Gram (Old Norse "wrath")^[1] is the name of the sword that Sigurd (Siegfried) used to kill the dragon Fafnir. ^[2]

It was forged by Wayland the Smith and originally belonged to his father, Sigmund, who received it in the hall of the Volsung after pulling it out of the tree Barnstokk into which Odin had stuck it—no-one else could pull it out. The sword was destroyed and reforged at least once. After it was reforged, it could cleave an anvil in twain.

In the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried discards Gram after receiving a legendary sword called Balmung; in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, it is called Nothung. Some sources refer to the sword as Balmus.^[3][4]

Notes

1. ^ Orchard (1997:59–60).
2. ^ Sigurd—ein Held des Mittelalters (Edgar Haimerl)
3. ^ Santosuosso, Antonio (2004). Barbarians, Marauders, and Infidels: The Ways of Medieval Warfare. New York, NY: MJF Books. p. 134. ISBN 9781567318913. 
4. ^ "An Introduction to the Sword: Part I". myArmoury.com. 2011. http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_swordintro1.html. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 

References

• Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2.

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