"Sigmund's Sword" (1889) by Johannes Gehrts.
"Sigurd proofs the sword Gram" (1901) by Johannes Gehrts.
In Norse mythology, Gram (Old Norse "wrath"[1]) is the name of the sword that Sigurd (Siegfried) used to kill the dragon Fafnir. It was forged by Wayland the Smith and originally belonged to his father, Sigmund, who received it in the hall of the Volsung after pulling it out of the tree Barnstokk into which Odin had stuck it—no-one else could pull it out. The sword was destroyed and reforged at least once. After it was reforged, it could cleave an anvil in twain.
In the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried's sword is called Balmung; in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, it is called Nothung.
Trivia
- Gram has made an appearance in every release of the video game series Soul Calibur. It was originally mistranslated as "Glam", but in Soul Calibur IV the name was corrected. The game describes it as a huge dark-blue sword with golden letters on the sides of the edge.
- In the sequel to the game "Myth: The Fallen Lords" King Alaric's sword, which is capable of the most damage in the game, is named Balmung.
- In Castlevania games Symphony of the Night and Aria of Sorrow, a sword named Gram, and also Balmung appears as a usable weapon.
- In Marvel vs. Capcom the character Strider Hiryu has an attack named Gram (most of his attacks are named after legendary swords)
- In the visual novel Fate/Stay Night, the character Gilgamesh uses Gram to counter Caliburn.
- In the MMORPG RuneScape, there's a great axe named Balmung that is obtained in the Norse mythology inspired Fremennik Province.
- In the Video Game series .hack, a character was named Lord Balmung
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