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Read the lay of Fafnir today. \u00a0In this lay Sigurd kills Fafnir, a dwarf transformed into a dragon by the Aegis-helm (helmet of Aegir–terror), then seizes “the cursed gold ofAndvari<\/a>‘s as well as the ring,\u00a0Andvaranaut<\/a>.” \u00a0Loki seized them to ransom Odin and Hoenir. \u00a0When he did he was told the items “…would bring about the death of whoever possessed them.” \u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n (F\u00e1fnir guards the gold hoard in this illustration by\u00a0Arthur Rackham<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Richard Wagner<\/a>‘s\u00a0Siegfried<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n This is core material both for Wagner’s Ring Cycle and for\u00a0Tolkien.<\/p>\n Later I spent more time with Jason and Medea, in particular Medea right now, who is plotting, in a long soliloquy, to marry Jason, brush off her father the King and escape backwards Colchis for the wonders of Greece. \u00a0She’s trouble right from the very start.<\/p>\n Tonight Kate and I are headed to the Butcher and Boar for a carnivore’s night out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Winter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cold Moon Read the lay of Fafnir today. \u00a0In this lay Sigurd kills Fafnir, a dwarf … Continue reading Fafnir and Medea<\/span>