 Slytherin by heart
While she tilted her head back, resting it in her hands as she looked at the sun, she muttered, "'He took his vorpal sword in hand:/Long time the manxome foe he sought—/So rested he by the Tumtum tree,/And stood awhile in thought./ /And as in uffish thought he stood,/The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,/Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,/And burbled as it came!/ /One, two! One, two! and through and through/The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!/He left it dead, and with its head/He went galumphing back.' Except his father was dead and it certainly wasn't the Jabberwocky." She giggled a little to herself as she thought. Okay, so her mind wandered off a bit.
Without thinking, she followed more out loud, "Sigurðr, or Sigurd... His story is in the Völsunga saga. He was the son of Sigmund, who was the son of Völsung, who was the who was the son of Rerir, who was the son of Sigi, who was the son of Odin himself. I think this is important because Völsung had his hall built around the great oak Barnstokkr, which Odin stuck the sword Gram into and said it was meant for the man who could pull it from the tree. Of Völsung's children, it was Sigmund who pulled it from the tree. Which is where the sword came from that Sigurd used. The entire tale is fascinating, but getting back on topic, King Sigmund dies before Fœddr Sigurðr, or The Birth of Sigurd. Um..." She pulled out a book that had the title of Völsunga Saga, and opening it revealed something other than English. "Um..." she repeated again, looking for when Sigurd received the sword. "Grew up with Hjálpreki... I know he was fostered by Reginn somewhere, the sword was broken and Reginn reforged it, but I can't remember where it was broken in the tale or when it was given to Sigurðr. I know though that after using Gram to slay Fáfni, it was Reginn to drink the blood, and Sigurðr to eat the heart. And Fáfni was... Reginn's brother..." She sighed and closed the book. "I'm sorry. I only have the Old Norse version of the stories, and I don't read it very well. I haven't finished reading Sigurðr- I mean, Sigurd's tales yet."
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Armand and Damien Beta-Erikson
Named for Legends
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