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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Volsunga Saga

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 John Fiske

In accordance with the Volsunga Saga his Gudrun throws herself into the sea; but the waves do not carry her "to the burg of king Imakr, a mighty king and lord of many folk."

From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by William Morris

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 Katharine Lee Bates

These prose tales were called Sagas, and among the very greatest is the Volsunga Saga, or Story of Sigurd.

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by Winifred Turner

In that poem he retold a story of which an Icelandic version, the "Volsunga Saga," written in the twelfth century, is one of the world's masterpieces.

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by Winifred Turner

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