Sigurd answered, "Such as thy redes are I will nowise do after
them; nay, I will ride now to thy lair and take to me that great
treasure of thy kin."

"Ride there then," said Fafnir, "and thou shalt find gold enow to
suffice thee for all thy life-days; yet shall that gold be thy
bane, and the bane of every one soever who owns it."

Then up stood Sigurd, and said, "Home would I ride and lose all
that wealth, if I deemed that by the losing thereof I should
never die; but every brave and true man will fain have his hand
on wealth till that last day that thou, Fafnir, wallow in the
death-pain til Death and Hell have thee."

And therewithal Fafnir died.


ENDNOTES:
(1) Lat. "draco", a dragon.
(2) "Unknown to men is my kin." Sigurd refusing to tell his
name is to be referred to the superstition that a dying man
could throw a curse on his enemy.
(3) Surt; a fire-giant, who will destroy the world at the
Ragnarok, or destruction of all things. Aesir; the gods.



CHAPTER XIX.
Of the Slaying of Regin, Son of Hreidmar.