- The
Völsunga saga (often
referred to in
English as the
Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a
legendary saga, a late 13th-century
prose rendition...
- Skáldskaparmál,
chapter 47. Ney 2012, p. 83.
Völsunga Saga,
Chapter 14.
Völsunga Saga,
Chapter 18.
Völsunga Saga,
Chapter 19. Norna-Gests þáttr, Chapters...
- to kill the
dragon Fafnir. It is
primarily used by the Völsungs in the
Volsunga Saga. However, it is also seen in
other legends, such as the Thidrekssaga...
- The most
important works to
feature Sigurd are the Nibelungenlied, the
Völsunga saga, and the
Poetic Edda. He also
appears in
numerous other works from...
-
According to the
prose introduction to a poem in the
Poetic Edda and in
Völsunga saga, Rán once
loaned her net to the god Loki. Rán is
attested in the Poetic...
- Ylfings), and form the
material of the epic
poems in the
Elder Edda and of
Völsunga saga,
which preserves material from lost poems. Völsung is also the subject...
-
Viking ruler Ragnarr loðbrók. It is
first found in the same m****cript as
Vǫlsunga saga,
which it
immediately follows. The tale
covers the
origin of Áslaug...
- [ˈsiɣˌmundz̠], Old English: Sigemund) is a hero
whose story is told in the
Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the
children of Völsung and his wife...
- is a
shieldmaiden or valkyrie, who
appears as a main
character in the
Völsunga saga and some
Eddic poems treating the same events. In the continental...
-
parallels with
other myths including that of
Sigmund and
Sigurd in the
Völsunga saga of
Norse mythology; with the Gr**** myth of Oedipus; and in
terms of...
