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Helm of Awe
The Helm of Awe, or Helm of Terror (Old Norse: Ǿgishjalmr, Icelandic: Ægishjálmur), is an object in Norse mythology relating to the hoard protected by the worm Fáfnir and subsequently the name of a modern Icelandic magical stave.
The name is a compound of Old Norse: œgir, "one who frightens", stemming from agi, "awe, feeling of fear and reverence, reverent obedience through deterrent terror", and hjálmr, "helmet".
According to Alessia Bauer and Alexandra Pesch, the name is "commonly interpreted as 'helmet of awe' or 'helmet of terror'".
A physical object called the Ægishjálmur is referenced as one item Sigurðr takes from Fáfnir's hoard after he slays him in Völsunga saga.
In the prose of Reginsmál, Fáfnir is described as owning the helm and that all living creatures feared it.
The object is also discussed in Fáfnismál in the Poetic Edda, here translated as "Fear-helm":
In the next stanzas of the poem, Sigurðr refers to the helm again:
Helm of Awe
The Helm of Awe, or Helm of Terror (Old Norse: Ǿgishjalmr, Icelandic: Ægishjálmur), is an object in Norse mythology relating to the hoard protected by the worm Fáfnir and subsequently the name of a modern Icelandic magical stave.
The name is a compound of Old Norse: œgir, "one who frightens", stemming from agi, "awe, feeling of fear and reverence, reverent obedience through deterrent terror", and hjálmr, "helmet".
According to Alessia Bauer and Alexandra Pesch, the name is "commonly interpreted as 'helmet of awe' or 'helmet of terror'".
A physical object called the Ægishjálmur is referenced as one item Sigurðr takes from Fáfnir's hoard after he slays him in Völsunga saga.
In the prose of Reginsmál, Fáfnir is described as owning the helm and that all living creatures feared it.
The object is also discussed in Fáfnismál in the Poetic Edda, here translated as "Fear-helm":
In the next stanzas of the poem, Sigurðr refers to the helm again:
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