(Sigurd and Fafnir, c. 1906, painted by Hermann Hendrich (–1931), [Public Domain] via Creative Commons)
A certain tale from Norse mythology,
which has come to be known as “The Otter’s Ransom,” has had a great deal
of influence on writers of the fantasy genre. One such visionary who
drew inspiration from the tale was J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. “The Otter’s Ransom” was featured in the 13th-century Saga of the Volsungs,
a book about the Volsung family, with the most notable sections of the
text being about Sigurd the dragon-slayer. Snorri Sturluson (c.
1179-1241), the greatest of the medieval Icelandic scholars, also
recorded the tale in his own work, The Prose Edda.
Read about the exciting tale origin tale of the Norse serpent, Fafnir, HERE.
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