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

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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 Fiske, John

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 Turner, Winifred

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 Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

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 Morris, William

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