Editing Sigmund (section)

==In modern fiction==
Siegmund is a character in [[Richard Wagner]]'s [[music drama]] ''[[Die Walkure]]'', part of the larger [[Ring cycle]], which tells the story of an incestuous romance between Siegmund and his sister Sieglinde, who have a son named Siegfried. In this story, Wotan (Odin) breaks Siegmund's sword [[Nothung]] with his spear, and Siegfried later reforges the broken sword.

The story of Sigmund, beginning with the marriage of Signy to Siggeir and ending with Sigmund's vengeance on Siggeir, was retold in the novelette "Vengeance" by [[Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur]], which appeared in the magazine ''[[Adventure (magazine)|Adventure]]'', June 30, 1925.  Brodeur was a professor at Berkeley and became well known for his scholarship on ''Beowulf'' and Norse sagas.