But all men die , and no brave man lets death frighten him from his desire . Die thou , Fafnir , ' and then Fafnir died . And after that Sigurd was called Fafnir 's Bane , and Dragonslayer . Then Sigurd rode back , and met Regin , and Regin asked him to roast Fafnir 's heart and let him taste of it . So Sigurd put the heart of Fafnir on a stake , and roasted it . But it chanced that he touched it with his finger , and it burned him . Then he put his finger in his mouth , and so tasted the heart of Fafnir . Then immediately he understood the language of birds , and he heard the Woodpeckers say : ` There is Sigurd roasting Fafnir 's heart for another , when he should taste of it himself and learn all wisdom . ' The next bird said : ` There lies Regin , ready to betray Sigurd , who trusts him . ' The third bird said : ` Let him cut off Regin 's head , and keep all the gold to himself . ' The fourth bird said : ` That let him do , and then ride over Hindfell , to the place where Brynhild sleeps . ' When Sigurd heard all this , and how Regin was plotting to betray him , he cut off Regin 's head with one blow of the sword Gram . Then all ` he birds broke out singing : ` We know a fair maid , A fair maiden sleeping ; Sigurd , be not afraid , Sigurd , win thou the maid Fortune is keeping . ` High over Hindfell Red fire is flaming , There doth the maiden dwell She that should love thee well , Meet for thy taming . ` There must she sleep till thou Comest for her waking Rise up and ride , for now Sure she will swear the vow Fearless of breaking . ' Then Sigurd remembered how the story went that somewhere , far away , there was a beautiful lady enchanted . She was under a spell , so that she must always sleep in a castle surrounded by flaming fire ; there she must sleep for ever till there came a knight who would ride through the fire and waken her . There he determined to go , but first he rode right down the horrible trail of Fafnir . And Fafnir had lived in a cave with iron doors , a cave dug deep down in the earth , and full of gold bracelets , and crowns , and rings ; and there , too , Sigurd found the Helm of Dread , a golden helmet , and whoever wears it is invisible . All these he piled on the back of the good horse Grani , and then he rode south to Hindfell .
Now it was night , and on the crest XXXXX the hill Sigurd saw a red fire blazing up into the sky , and within the flame a castle , and a banner on the topmost tower .
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