The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda

Eiríkr Magnússon

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• THE LAY OF HAMDIRSample
• Preface
• CHAPTER I. Of Sigi, the Son of Odin.
• CHAPTER II. Of the Birth of Volsung, the Son of Rerir, who was the Son of
• CHAPTER III. Of the Sword that Sigmund, Volsung's son, drew from the
• CHAPTER IV. How King Siggeir wedded Signy, and bade King Volsung and his
• CHAPTER V. Of the Slaying of King Volsung.
• CHAPTER VI. Of how Signy sent the Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund.
• CHAPTER VII. Of the Birth of Sinfjotli the Son of Sigmund.
• CHAPTER VIII. The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy.
• Preface
• CHAPTER IX. How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm,
• CHAPTER X. The ending of Sinfjotli, Sigmund's Son.
• CHAPTER XI. Of King Sigmund's last Battle, and of how he must yield up his
• CHAPTER XII. Of the Shards of the Sword Gram, and how Hjordis went to King
• CHAPTER XIII. Of the Birth and Waxing of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane.
• CHAPTER XIV. Regin's tale of his Brothers, and of the Gold called
• CHAPTER XV. Of the Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Gram.
• CHAPTER XVI. The prophecy of Grifir.
• CHAPTER XVII. Of Sigurd's Avenging of Sigmund his Father.
• Preface
• CHAPTER XVIII. Of the Slaying of the Worm Fafnir.
• CHAPTER XIX. Of the Slaying of Regin, Son of Hreidmar.
• CHAPTER XX. Of Sigurd's Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain.
• CHAPTER XXI. More Wise Words of Brynhild.
• CHAPTER XXII. Of the Semblance and Array of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane. (1)
• CHAPTER XXIII. Sigurd comes to Hlymdale.
• CHAPTER XXIV. Sigurd sees Brynhild at Hlymdale.
• CHAPTER XXV. Of the Dream of Gudrun, Giuki's daughter.
• CHAPTER XXVI. Sigurd comes to the Giukings and is wedded to Gudrun.
• CHAPTER XXVII. The Wooing of Brynhild.
• CHAPTER XXVIII. How the Queens held angry converse together at the
• CHAPTER XXIX. Of Brynhild's great Grief and Mourning.
• CHAPTER XXX. Of the Slaying of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane.
• CHAPTER XXXI. Of the Lamentation of Gudrun over Sigurd dead, as it is told
• CHAPTER XXXII. Of the Ending of Brynhild.
• CHAPTER XXXIII. Gudrun wedded to Atli.
• CHAPTER XXXIV. Atli bids the Giukings to him.
• CHAPTER XXXV. The Dreams of the Wives of the Giukings.
• CHAPTER XXXVI. Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli.
• CHAPTER XXXVII. The Battle in the Burg of King Atli.
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. Of the slaying of the Giukings.
• CHAPTER XXXIX. The End of Atli and his Kin and Folk.
• CHAPTER XL. How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore
• CHAPTER XLI. Of the Wedding and Slaying of Swanhild.
• CHAPTER XLII. Gudrun sends her Sons to avenge Swanhild.
• CHAPTER XLIII. The Latter End of all the Kin of the Giukings.
• FRAGMENTS OF THE LAY OF BRYNHILD
• THE LAY OF HAMDIR
• THE LAMENT OF ODDRUN.