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Image taken from Nordisk familjebok.

The Ramsund carving in Sweden depicts:

  1. how Sigurd is sitting naked in front of the fire preparing the dragon heart, from Fafnir, for his foster-father Regin, who is Fafnir's brother. The heart is not finished yet, and when Sigurd touches it, he burns himself and sticks his finger into his mouth. As he has tasted dragon blood, he starts to understand the birds' song.
  2. The birds say that Regin will not keep his promise of reconciliation and will try to kill Sigurd, which causes Sigurd to cut off Regin's head.
  3. Regin is dead beside his own head, his smithing tools with which he reforged Sigurd's sword Gram are scattered around him, and
  4. Regin's horse is laden will the dragon's treasure.
  5. is the previous event when Sigurd killed Fafnir, and
  6. shows Otr from the saga's beginning.

"Width: 4.6 meters"

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Public domain
English: This image was first published in 1st or 2nd edition of Nordisk familjebok (1904–1926). The copyrights for that book have expired and this image is in the public domain.
Svenska: Denna bild publicerades första gången i den första eller andra upplagan av Nordisk familjebok (1904–1926). Upphovsrätten för det verket har gått ut, och bilderna är fria att använda.
Deutsch: Dieses Bild stammt aus der ersten oder zweiten Version des Nordisk familjebok (1904–1926). Das Werk ist gemeinfrei.

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