Artifact
Gram
The sword reforged from Sigmund’s broken weapon; Sigurd uses it in the Fafnir fight.
Overview
Gram joins Odin, Sigmund and Sigurd into one weapon-line. It is first drawn, later broken, then reforged and used for dragon-slaying.
Key facts
From the Branstock
In chapter III, Odin sets the sword in the Branstock.
Reforged for Sigurd
In chapter XV, Gram is reforged from the shards.
Relationships
Story appearances
- Sigurd and the VolsungsSword of inheritance and dragon-slaying
Gram links Odin’s sword, shards and reforging to Sigurd’s dragon-slaying.
- Sigrdrifumol: The Shield-Tower and the Long SleepFigure or object in Sigrdrifumol
The sword reforged from Sigmund’s broken weapon; Sigurd uses it in the Fafnir fight.
- Reginsmol: Gold, Sword, and Broken OmensFigure or artifact in Reginsmol
The sword reforged from Sigmund’s broken weapon; Sigurd uses it in the Fafnir fight.
Ancient sources
MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.
- Anonymous, Volsunga Saga, Chapter III, Odin sets the sword in the Branstock and Sigmund draws it
- Anonymous, Volsunga Saga, Chapter XV, Gram is reforged from Sigmund's sword-shards
- Anonymous, Volsunga Saga, Chapter XVIII, Sigurd kills Fafnir
- Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Reginsmol, Prose and stanzas 13–15: Regin welcomes Sigurth, Gram, Fafnir, and the delayed treasure quest.