Friendship with/through nature and culture

You will now hear an ancient folk ballad in faroese.Normally it is performed on the dancefloor, sung by faroese people dancing in the traditional faroese chain dance. But today, in the movie, you will hear it performed by the Faroese rock band “Týr”.

The folk ballad is about a Faroese legend named Sjúrður, he slays the dragon Fafnir with his sword.

The story starts with Sigmund a legendary hero from norwegian mythology, he is Sjúrður’s father. He rides out to fight the sons of Hundings, but looses the battle.

Sigmund's wife goes out looking for him, and finds him on the war-field. Before he dies, he gives her his broken sword and asks of her, that she will let their son revenge his death.

When their son Sjúrður is a grown man, he is mighty, strong and very good on the battlefield. His mother tells him about his father. He then rides out with his horse Granir to Regin the blacksmith. Regin builds him his father's sword again. He builds it to be so strong, that it can cut through iron and rock. In return Regin wants Sjúrður to kill the dragon Fafnir, that lies on the Glittering Heath and bring back it’s heart to him.

Sjúrður rides out to revenge his fathers death. He kills the sons of Hundings.

On the Glittering Heath he finds the dragon. He slayes the dragon. Before Fafnir dies, he tells Sjúrður that Regin the blacksmith is it’s brother, and that he can’t be trusted.

Sjúrður cuts the dragon in half to take the heart, and while he cooks the heart, he gets grease on his fingers. He puts the grease in his mouth. At that exact time, he suddently understands everything and can understand the language of all the animals and all the birds.

The birds warn him against Regin the blacksmith. They tell him to eat the heart himself and to kill Regin. Sjúrður then understands, that the heart and the blood of the dragon is a real treasure.

He rides back home. Finds Regin and cut’s his head of. Then takes all the gold from Regin and brings it back home to his mother.