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

By Morris, William

Book Id: WPLBN0000661252
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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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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


Citation APA MLA Chicago 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/

Excerpt
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