'He had a sword in his hand as he went up to the #Branstock and a slouched hat upon his head: huge he was, and seeming-ancient, and one-eyed.' . 'So he drew his sword and smote it into the tree-trunk so that it sank in up to the hilts; and all held back from greeting the man.' . Then he took up the word, and said— "Whoso draweth this sword from this stock, shall have the same as a gift from me, and shall find in good sooth that never bare he better sword in hand than is this." . The previous, comes from the #volsungasaga and concerns the destruction of the Burgundians. . Odin plunged a sword into a tree up to the hilt, and #sigmund with the blade, overcomes injustices towards his family. . This #sword is called #gram and is described as being "all decked with gold and gleaming bright". . The sword later breaks against #odin and later, #sigurd slays the #dragon #fafnir with it. . The saga begins with #Sigi who could be the same person as #svafrlame from the #tyrfing cycle, because in one version he is called #Sigrlame and in another Sigi. . originally written in by an unknown author in old norse in the 13th-century, the saga has massive similarities to another tale of a 12th-century knight named #GalganoGuidotti who retired as a hermit and plunged his sword into stone. These tales I believe, inspired T.H. White's 'the sword in the stone' novel, written in 1938. . #swordinthestone #SWORDOFTHEWARGOD #writer #bookseries #book #norse #mythology #saga #germanic #history . Photographer: A. Lundberg . Sigmund's Sword by Johannes Gehrts (1889) . Sigmund's Sword by Johannes Gehrts (1889) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbpTgPnXTy/?igshid=1nu5dr9ggb8wm
