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ID: 901001608
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001608
Record Type: Character/Person

Sigurd (Norse character)

Note: Legendary hero of Norse mythology and the central character in the Völsunga saga.

Names:
Sigurd (Norse character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Sigurðr (Norse character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Norse iconography> (P)
........<Norse characters> (P)
............Sigurd (Norse character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is identified as .... Siegfried
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Siegfried (literary character, Nibelungenlied)) [901000807]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... hero
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Sigurd (Norse character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Sigurðr (Norse character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd#/media/File:Sigurd_pr%C3%BCft_das_schwert_Gram_by_Johannes_Gehrts.jpg

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