Anglo-Saxon Classics: The Volsunga saga

Norrœna Society, 1907 - English literature

Contents

• Introduction by H Halliday Sparling: 1
• Translators Preface: 25
• Characters in the Volsung Story: 29
• Story of the Volsungs 1Of Sigi the Son of Odin: 31
• 2Birth of the Volsung: 33
• 3The Sword Gram Drawn from Branstock: 35
• 4King Siggeir Weds Signy: 37
• 5The Slaying of King Volsung: 39
• 6Signy Sends her Children to Sigmund: 42
• 7Birth of Sinfjotli: 43
• 8Death of Siggeir and Signy: 45
• 9Helgi Weds Sigrun: 52
• 10The Ending of Sinfjotli: 57
• 11King Sigmunds Last Battle: 59
• 12The Broken Sword Gram: 62
• 13Birth of Sigurd Siegfried G5 14Regins Tale of Andvaris Hoard: 69
• 15Welding of the Sword Gram: 72
• 16The Prophecy of Grifir: 73
• 17Sigurd Avenges his Father: 74
• 18Sigurd Slays the Worm Fafnir: 77
• 19The Slaying of Regin: 81
• 20Sigurds Meeting with Brynhild: 84
• 21Brynhilds Wise Counsel: 89
• 22The Semblance and Array of Sigurd: 91
• 23Sigurd Comes to Hlymdale: 93
• 24Sigurd Meets Brynhild at Hlymdale: 94
• Legend of the Wagner Trilogy: 161
• The Rhine Gold: 178
• The Valkyrie: 190
• Chapter IVThe Tale as Dramatically Treated: 208
• Gotterdammerung: 225
• Legends Kindred to those of the Volsungs: 244
• Frithiof the Bold and Fair Ingeborg: 270
• Ragnar Lodbrook: 294
• King Helge and Rolf Kraki: 308
• The Battle of Bravalla: 317
• Wayland Smith: 332

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anglo-Saxon Classics: The Volsunga saga; Volume 6 of Anglo-Saxon Classics: Norrœna : Embracing the History and Romance of Northern Europe, Norroena Society, London
• Contributor: Norroena Society, London
• Publisher: Norrœna Society, 1907
• Original from: University of Chicago
• Digitized: Sep 30, 2015