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n. (context Norse mythology English) a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar, gifted with strength and fearlessness, but killed his father and transformed into a dragon out of ill-nature and greed. He would be slain by Regin and Sigurd whilst trying to protect his amassed treasures.
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In Norse mythology, Fáfnir ( Old Norse and Icelandic) or Frænir is a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin, Lyngheiðr, Lofnheiðr and Ótr. After being affected by the curse of Andvari's ring and gold, Fafnir became a dragon and was slain by Sigurd.
Fafnir or Fafner may refer to:
- Fafnir, a dragon from Norse mythology, originally a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin and Otr, though in the Ring Cycle of Richard Wagner he is a Giant
- Fafnir (Marvel Comics), an Asgardian monster and foe of the Thunder God Thor
- Fafner in the Azure, a Japanese anime series
- Fafnir, a planet in Larry Niven's Known Space universe
- Fafnir (journal), Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research.
- Fighting Fefnir: A character in the Mega Man Zero series, whose Japanese name is Fafnir.
- Fafnir (automobile), a German car and motor cycle manufacturer.
- Fafnir, a 13 foot sailboat designed for long distance voyaging.
- DFS Fafnir: A German pre-WW II high-performance glider.
- Bramo 323 Fafnir, A German radial piston aero-engine.
- Fafnir, the star 42 Draconis
Fafnir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in the title Thor #134 (Nov. 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Fafnir was a German engine and vehicle manufacturer based in Aachen. They made a range of cars between 1908 and 1926.
The company was founded in 1894 producing needles. With the growth of the bicycle industry, they started to make wheel spokes. In 1898, the company was registered as "Carl Schwanemeyer, Aachener Stahlwarenfabrik AG".
From 1902 the name "Fafnir" started to be used on the company's products, including a range of motorcycle engines.
Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research is a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal published by the Finnish Society of Science Fiction and Fantasy Researchers (Suomen science fiction- ja fantasiatutkimuksen seura ry.).
The journal is published in electronic format. The main language of the journal is English. Fafnir’s content ranges from peer-reviewed research articles to short overviews, essays, interviews, opinion pieces and academic book reviews. The journal is transmedial and interdisciplinary.
The advisory board includes science fiction and fantasy researchers from the universities of Helsinki, Gothenburg, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Tampere, Tilburg, Turku, and Uppsala.
Usage examples of "fafnir".
Now that Fafnir had arrived, Hosea could feel the pull of expectation all around him.
And since, on this world-embracing scale, it was clear that Siegfried must come into conflict with many baser and stupider forces than those lofty ones of supernatural religion and political constitutionalism typified by Wotan and his wife Fricka, these minor antagonists had to be dramatized also in the persons of Alberic, Mime, Fafnir, Loki, and the rest.
Men have drownedfisherfolk who could swim before ever they took a step: Grimhild, Brand, Drott, Fafnir.
The Valhalla syndrome afflicted many of his kind throughout the world, for it was Minck's firm conviction that he possessed a power fully as great as the spear Wotan had fashioned out of the World Ash Tree, the spear by which he controlled all creatures, even the giant Fafnir, the spear by which he need only touch someone to end their life.