Sigmund's Death-Odin In Hall Wolsungs by Emil Doepler 1905

"But now whenas the battle had dured a while, there came a man (Odin) into the fight clad in a blue cloak, and with a slouched hat on his head, one-eyed he was, and bare a bill in his hand; and he came against Sigmund the King, and have up his bill against him, and as Sigmund smote fiercely with the sword it fell upon the bill and burst asunder in the midst: thenceforth the slaughter and dismay turned to his side, for the good-hap of King Sigmund had departed from him, and his men fell fast about him; naught did the king spare himself, but the rather cheered on his men; but even as the saw says, "No might 'gainst many", so was it now proven; and in this fight fell Sigmund the King, and King Eylimi, his father-in-law, in the fore-front of their battle, and therewith the more part of their folk."

-The Saga of the Volsungs, Chapter 11

Emil Doepler illustration from Walhall: Die Götterwelt der Germanen (The Gods of the Teutons) 1905.

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Source:

https://boudicca.de/site/de/gmedia-album/emil-doepler/

https://pierangelo-boog.blogspot.com/2015/02/emil-doepler-illustrationen-fur-walhall.html

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Quote:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1152/1152-h/1152-h.htm#link2HCH0011