The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

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University of California Press, 19 de nov. de 2001 - 154 páginas
A trove of traditional lore, this Icelandic prose epic tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. The saga is of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon this Norse source in writing his Ring Cycle. With its magical ring acquired by the hero, and the sword to be reforged, the saga has also been a primary source for writers of fantasy such as J.R.R. Tolkien and romantics such as William Morris. Byock's comprehensive introduction explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches back to the period of the great folk migrations in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed.
 

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ODIN GUIDES SIGI FROM THE OTHERWORLD
11
THE BIRTH OF VOLSUNG
13
SIGMUND DRAWS THE SWORD FROM BARNSTOCK
13
SIGGEIR PLOTS REVENGE
13
SIGNY PLOTS REVENGE
2
SIGNY GIVES BIRTH TO SINFJOTLI
3
SIGMUND AND SINFJOTLI DON THE SKINS
4
HELGI MARRIES SIGRUN
4
CONCERNING KING GJUKI AND HIS SONS
35
BRYNHILD INTERPRETS GUDRUNS DREAM
37
THE ALE OF FORGETFULNESS IS BLENDED FOR SIGURD
38
SIGURD RIDES THROUGH THE WAVERING FLAMES OF BRYNHILD THE DAUGHTER OF BUDLI
40
DISPUTE OF THE QUEENS BRYNHILD AND GUDRUN
42
BRYNHILDS GRIEF ONLY INCREASES
44
THE BETRAYAL OF SIGURD
48
BRYNHILDS REQUEST
52

CONCERNING THE VOLSUNGS
4
SIGMUND MARRIES HJORDIS
4
HJORDIS REMARRIES
4
THE BIRTH OF SIGURD
15
THE OTTERS RANSOM
17
REGIN FASHIONS GRAM
19
GRIPIR FORETELLS SIGURDS FUTURE
20
SIGURD KILLS LYNGVI AND HJORVARD AND ALL THE OTHERS
21
REGIN AND SIGURD GO RIDING
23
REGIN DRINKS FAFNIRS BLOOD
25
SIGURD EATS THE SERPENTS HEART
26
CONCERNING SIGURD
27
BRYNHILDS WISE COUNSEL
31
CONCERNING SIGURDS APPEARANCE
32
SIGURD COMES TO HEIMIR
33
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF GUDRUN
53
GUDRUN CARVES RUNES
56
HOGNI INTERPRETS HIS WIFES DREAM
58
THE BROTHERS JOURNEY FROM HOME
59
THE BATTLE IN THE FORTRESS AND THE VICTORY
60
HOGNI IS CAPTURED
61
THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN ATLI AND GUDRUN
63
CONCERNING GUDRUN
66
GUDRUN URGES HER SONS TO AVENGE SVANHILD
67
CONCERNING THE SONS OF GUDRUN THE FINAL CHAPTER
68
NOTES
71
EDDIC POEMS USED BY THE SAGA AUTHOR
83
GLOSSARY
85
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Jesse L. Byock is Professor of Old Norse and Medieval Scandinavian at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Feud in the Icelandic Saga (1982) Medieval Iceland (1990), The Saga of King Kraki (1998), and Viking Age Iceland (2001).

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