Fresco by gustav heidenreich illustrating norse mythology in the "fatherland hall" of the new museum, berlin. On the left, four water nixes loll at a lakeshore. The reclining nix in the foreground is picking branches from hanging leafy boughs. Beside her, a second nix is propped on her harp. The two nixes in the background gaze pensively across the lake. The central field shows a dragon in the shape of a griffon, with an eagle's head, eagle wings, and a lion's body. Hissing and with wings spread, he guards over a treasure comprising a helmet, a shield, a sword, a crown, rings, and coins. On the right side, two giants combat a dragon. They are trying to throw boulders into its open maw. Date: 1852.
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