The Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) on Sigurd Snake-Eye
The Danish History, > Book Nine.
attestation: The miracle of Sigurd's serpent-marked eyes was interpreted as a sign he would be cruel in future
"I should think that he who did this miracle wished to declare, by the manifest token of his eyes, that the young man was to be cruel in future"
attestation: The visible mark in Sigurd's eyes was meant to foreshadow the cruelty of his character
"future, in order that the more visible part of his body might not lack"
attestation: Sigurd Snake-Eye received his epithet from the serpent-like mark visible in his eyes from birth
"the manifest token of his eyes"
attestation: The snake mark in Sigurd's eyes was seen as a divine or supernatural sign of his destiny
"he who did this miracle wished to declare"