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

In the Volsunga Saga Brunhild is a Valkyrie, or Chooser of the Slain, a sort of Northern Bellona, endowed with supernatural strength.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

He published his rendering of the Volsunga Saga as the work of ‘Eirikr Magnússon and William Morris.’

From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster

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

It may be interesting to give a summary of the Volsunga Saga, which is a prose paraphrase of the Edda Songs.

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

Sigurd is the same as Siegfried; Gunnar, Hogni, and Gudrun are parallels with Gunther, Hagen, and Kriemhild—although, strangely enough, that name is also borne by Gudrun’s mother in the Volsunga Saga.

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