Event

The Outdoor Killing South of the Rhine

The Fragment places Sigurd’s death outdoors south of the Rhine; closing prose places it beside the bedside version.

MythWeave AI-generated editorial illustration, Fragment of a Sigurd Lay batch

Overview

This is not a second death but the fragment’s version-event for the same killing. Its closing prose explicitly retains outdoor and indoor accounts, so the graph lets them stand alongside rather than letting either correct the other.

Key facts

The Outdoor Killing South of the Rhine

The Fragment places Sigurd’s death outdoors south of the Rhine; closing prose places it beside the bedside version.

Limited to the fragment

This record is used only for surviving stanzas of the Fragment; missing material is not supplied.

Relationships

Gotthormprepares the attack
After incitement, Gotthorm participates in the plot against Sigurd.
Sigurdoutdoor killing ends him
The Fragment says Sigurd was slain south of the Rhine.

Story appearances

Fragment of a Sigurd Lay: The Outdoor Killing VersionFigure or event in the Fragment of a Sigurd Lay
The Fragment places Sigurd’s death outdoors south of the Rhine; closing prose places it beside the bedside version.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Brot af Sigurtharkvithu, Introduction, surviving stanzas 1–20, and closing prose: oath dispute, Gotthorm, outdoor killing, and prophecy.

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