Fafnir

Fafnir, a Wyrm ( also called a Wurm) lived in Germany, where he guarded the Ring der Nebelungen (Ring of the Hazes). He was killed by Siegfried (Sigurd) who, after killing the dragon, ate some of his blood. It is said that from that moment on, Siegfried could understand the language of the birds.

A pagan Gothic ritual

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The Goths – who appear to have migrated to eastern Europe from Sweden and the southern shore of the Baltic from around 150 onward – seem to have been adhering to a tradition brought with them from their native lands. Tacitus, writing toward the end of the first century, describes the worship of Nerthus, whom he characterises as ‘Mother Earth’, among the Germanic tribes of northern Germany: