Fiction · 1270
The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga)
With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda
· translated by Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris
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Contents
- Epigraph
- Recommended Reading—
- Introduction
- Chapter I — Of Sigi, the Son of Odin
- Chapter II — Of the Birth of Volsung, the Son of Rerir, who was the Son of Sigi
- Chapter III — Of the Sword that Sigmund, Volsung’s son, drew from the Branstock
- Chapter IV — How King Siggeir wedded Signy, and bade King Volsung and his son to Gothland
- Chapter V — Of the Slaying of King Volsung
- Chapter VI — Of how Signy sent the Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund
- Chapter VII — Of the Birth of Sinfjotli the Son of Sigmund
- Chapter VIII — The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy
- Chapter IX — How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun
- Chapter X — The ending of Sinfjotli, Sigmund’s Son
- Chapter XI — Of King Sigmund’s last Battle, and of how he must yield up his Sword again
- Chapter XII — Of the Shards of the Sword Gram, and how Hjordis went to King Alf
- Chapter XIII — Of the Birth and Waxing of Sigurd Fafnir’s-bane
- Chapter XIV — Regin’s tale of his Brothers, and of the Gold called Andvari’s Hoard
- Chapter XV — So Regin makes a sword, and gives it into Sigurd’s hands. He took the sword, and said—
- Chapter XVI — The prophecy of Grifir
- Chapter XVII — Of Sigurd’s Avenging of Sigmund his Father
- Chapter XVIII — Of the Slaying of the Worm Fafnir
- Chapter XIX — Of the Slaying of Regin, Son of Hreidmar
- Chapter XX — Of Sigurd’s Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain
- Chapter XXI — More Wise Words of Brynhild
- Chapter XXII — Of the Semblance and Array of Sigurd Fafnir’s-bane. (1)
- Chapter XXIII — Sigurd comes to Hlymdale
- Chapter XXIV — Sigurd sees Brynhild at Hlymdale
- Chapter XXV — Of the Dream of Gudrun, Giuki’s daughter
- Chapter XXVI — Sigurd comes to the Giukings and is wedded to Gudrun
- Chapter XXVII — The Wooing of Brynhild
- Chapter XXVIII — How the Queens held angry converse together at the Bathing
- Chapter XXIX — Of Brynhild’s great Grief and Mourning
- Chapter XXX — Of the Slaying of Sigurd Fafnir’s-bane
- Chapter XXXII — Of the Ending of Brynhild
- Chapter XXXIII — Gudrun wedded to Atli
- Chapter XXXIV — Atli bids the Giukings to him
- Chapter XXXV — The Dreams of the Wives of the Giukings
- Chapter XXXVI — Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli
- Chapter XXXVII — The Battle in the Burg of King Atli
- Chapter XXXVIII — Of the slaying of the Giukings
- Chapter XXXIX — The End of Atli and his Kin and Folk
- Chapter XL — How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again
- Chapter XLI — Of the Wedding and Slaying of Swanhild
- Chapter XLII — Gudrun sends her Sons to avenge Swanhild
- Chapter XLIII — The Latter End of all the Kin of the Giukings
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