The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
Author: William Morris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2019-06-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781071061572

One of the great books of world literature-an unforgettable tale of jealousy, unrequited love, greed, and vengeance. Based on Viking Age poems and composed in thirteenth-century Iceland, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend, and sheer human drama in telling of the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer, who acquires runic knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. Yet the saga is set in a very human world, incorporating oral memories of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman empire. In his illuminating Introduction Jesse L. Byock links the historical Huns, Burgundians, and Goths with the extraordinary events of this Icelandic saga. With its ill-fated Rhinegold, the sword reforged, and the magic ring of power, the saga resembles the Nibelungenlied and has been a primary source for such fantasy writers as J. R. R. Tolkien and for Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung
Author: William Morris
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-11-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

'The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs' is an epic poem by William Morris that tells the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd, and Sigurd's wife Gudrun. It sprang from a fascination with the Volsung legend that extended back twenty years to the author's youth, and had already resulted in several other literary and scholarly treatments of the story. It was Morris's own favorite of his poems, and was enthusiastically praised both by contemporary critics and by such figures as T. E. Lawrence and George Bernard Shaw.

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
Author: William Morris
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2019-11-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

'The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs' is an epic poem by William Morris, recounting the story of Norse hero Sigmund and his descendants. Sigurd, the son of Sigmund, grows up to become a warrior, slaying dragons and falling in love with Brynhild, a handmaiden of Odin. Despite their love, Sigurd marries another at the behest of others, and tragedy unfolds. Morris's work is a must-read for anyone fascinated by Norse mythology and heroic sagas, and has been praised by critics and scholars for over a century.

Völsunga Saga

Völsunga Saga
Author: Henry Halliday Sparling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1888
Genre: Edda Sæmundar
ISBN:

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
Author: William Morris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2020-03-14
Genre:
ISBN:

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs is an epic poem telling the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd and Sigurd's wife Gudrun. It sprang from a fascination with the Volsung legend that extended back twenty years to the author's youth, and had already resulted in several other literary and scholarly treatments of the story. It was Morris's own favorite of his poems

STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG &

STORY OF SIGURD THE VOLSUNG &
Author: William 1834-1896 Morris
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2016-08-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781372310096

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