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The Volsunga Saga with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Anonymous Old Norse and Icelandic Mythologies

By Morris, William

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Title: The Volsunga Saga with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Anonymous Old Norse and Icelandic Mythologies  
Author: Morris, William
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Language: English
Subject: Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections: Classic Literature Collection, Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Morris, B. W. (n.d.). The Volsunga Saga with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Anonymous Old Norse and Icelandic Mythologies. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/


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Excerpt: The Volsunga Saga translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (1888).

Table of Contents
Contents INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................5 TRANSLATORS? PREFACE.......................................................................23 THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS.............................26 APPENDIX:.................................................................................................132 EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA.............................................................................................................. 132 PART OF THE LAY OF SIGRDRIFA (1)................................................................................................................. 139 THE LAY CALLED .................................................................................................................................................. 142 THE SHORT LAY OF SIGURD.............................................................................................................................. 142 THE HELL-RIDE OF BRYNHILD ......................................................................................................................... 158 FRAGMENTS OF THE LAY OF BRYNHILD ....................................................................................................... 161 THE SECOND OR ANCIENT LAY OF GUDRUN ................................................................................................ 166 THE SONG OF ATLI ............................................................................................................................................... 176 THE WHETTING OF GUDRUN ............................................................................................................................. 187 THE LAY OF HAMDIR........................................................................................................................................... 192 THE LAMENT OF ODDRUN ................................................................................................................................ 199

 
 



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