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

Comparisons between the Epics We see from this account that the Volsunga Saga presents in many respects an older form of the Nibelungenlied story.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Lewis Spence

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

She asks if Elder Edda, Jordan's Sigfrid's Saga, and Geibel's Tragedy of Brunehild, have ever been translated into English; also where to find the Volsunga Saga.

From Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various

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

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