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Quotation from The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) by Anonymous (Old Norse)

“that same gold which I have owned shall be thy bane too.”

Anonymous (Old Norse) (spoken by Fafnir)

The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga), Chapter XVIII, trans. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris

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The dying dragon warns his slayer that the cursed hoard will destroy him as it destroyed Fafnir.

Citation: "that same gold which I have owned shall be thy bane too." — Anonymous (Old Norse), The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga), Chapter XVIII, trans. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris. (id volsunga-saga-q3)

Portrait: Sigurd kills Fafnir, Arthur Rackham, Public domain.

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