In one work, this figure uses a cloak of invisibility before competing to throw a javelin, hurl a boulder twelve fathoms, and carry a king while leaping over that boulder.
In one work, this figure uses a cloak of invisibility before competing to throw a javelin, hurl a boulder twelve fathoms, and carry a king while leaping over that boulder. In that work, Hagen and Gunther go hunting with this man and stab a leaf-shaped weak spot on his back to kill him. He also learned the language of (*) birds, withdrew a sword that Odin stuck in a tree, and bathed in dragon's blood after using that sword, called Gram or Balmung, to slay Fafnir. In the Volsunga Saga, he enters a ring of fire to rescue Brynhild. For 10 points, name this Germanic hero of the Nibelungenlied, the son of Sieglinde and Siegmund.
In one work, this figure uses a cloak of invisibility before competing to throw a javelin, hurl a boulder twelve fathoms, and carry a king while leaping over that boulder.
{Sigurd} Sigmundson [or {Siegfried}; or {Sigurthr}; or {Sîfrit}; prompt on {Sivard}]