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The unit of measurement is at gram

In Norse mythology, Gram is the name of the sword of Sigurd (Siegfried). He used it to kill the dragon Fafnir. It was forged by Weyland the Smith and originally belonged to his father, Sigmund, who received it in the hall of the Volsung after pulling it out of a log into which Odin had stuck it–nobody else could pull it out. The sword was destroyed and reforged at least once. After it was reforged, it clove an anvil in half. See Sigurd for more details on the story of Siegfried and Fafnir.

In the Nibelungenlied, Siegfried's sword is called Balmung; in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle, it is called Nothung (Notung in more modern German).

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  • Sigurdsristningen - KMB - 16000300013664

    A depiction of Sigurd with Gram on the Ramsund carving, dated to around the year 1030

  • Sigmunds Schwert (1889) by Johannes Gehrts

    Sigmund's Sword by Johannes Gehrts (1889)

  • Sigurd prüft das schwert Gram by Johannes Gehrts

    Sigurd proofs the sword Gram by Johannes Gehrts (1901)

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