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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 125 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FAFNIR , in Scandinavian See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the son of the See also:

GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant Hreidmar . He was the See also:

GUARDIAN

guardian of the hoard of the Nibelungs and was killed by See also:

SIGURD (Sigur6r)

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