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

This is the atmosphere of the great earth-worm Fafnir in the Volsunga Saga and the dragon in all folk tales, the great beast with whom the heroes of all nations have contended.

From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

It is told again in the "Volsunga Saga" of Iceland.

From The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin

To write out in full the story of the Volsungs and Niblungs was left to the prose compilers of the Volsunga Saga, and to the Austrian poet of the Nibelungenlied.

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

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

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

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