Volsunga Saga

American  

[vol-soong-guh sah-guh] / ˈvɒl sʊŋ gə ˈsɑ gə /

Or Volsungasaga

noun

1. an Icelandic saga of the late 13th century, concerning the family of the Volsungs, the theft of the cursed treasure of Andvari, the adventures of Sigurd, his wooing of Brynhild, his enchantment and marriage to Gudrun, and his eventual murder.

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Volsunga Saga British  

/ ˈvɒlsʊŋɡə /

noun

1. a 13th-century Icelandic saga about the family of the Volsungs and the deeds of Sigurd, related in theme and story to the Nibelungenlied

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Example Sentences

We celebrated the national holiday by changing his name, which sounded in the mouth of the mocker too much like miaul, to that of the shining hero of the Volsunga Saga.

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee

The further adventures of Gudrun are related in certain songs in the Edda, but the Volsunga Saga proper ends with the death of Atli.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis

We shall next perhaps be invited to believe that the authors of the Volsunga Saga obtained the conception of Sigurd from the "Thirty-Nine Articles."

From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by Fiske, John

The material given here, and in the Icelandic Volsunga Saga, has been used by Wm.

From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Anderson, Rasmus Björn

The matter of their contents is known from the prose paraphrase called Volsunga Saga.

From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.