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

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Translators' Preface
  3. Chapter I. Of Sigi, the Son of Odin
  4. Chapter II. Of the Birth of Volsung, the Son of Rerir, who was the Son of Sigi
  5. Chapter III. Of the Sword that Sigmund, Volsung's son, drew from the Branstock
  6. Chapter IV. How King Siggeir wedded Signy, and bade King Volsung and his son to Gothland
  7. Chapter V. Of the Slaying of King Volsung
  8. Chapter VI. Of how Signy sent the Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund
  9. Chapter VII. Of the Birth of Sinfjotli the Son of Sigmund
  10. Chapter VIII. The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy
  11. Chapter IX. How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun
  12. Chapter X. The ending of Sinfjotli, Sigmund's Son
  13. Chapter XI. Of King Sigmund's last Battle, and of how he must yield up his Sword again
  14. Chapter XII. Of the Shards of the Sword Gram, and how Hjordis went to King Alf
  15. Chapter XIII. Of the Birth and Waxing of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane
  16. Chapter XIV. Regin's tale of his Brothers, and of the Gold called Andvari's Hoard
  17. Chapter XV. Of the Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Gram
  18. Chapter XVI. The prophecy of Grifir
  19. Chapter XVII. Of Sigurd's Avenging of Sigmund his Father
  20. Chapter XVIII. Of the Slaying of the Worm Fafnir
  21. Chapter XIX. Of the Slaying of Regin, Son of Hreidmar
  22. Chapter XX. Of Sigurd's Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain
  23. Chapter XXI. More Wise Words of Brynhild
  24. Chapter XXII. Of the Semblance and Array of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane. (1)
  25. Chapter XXIII. Sigurd comes to Hlymdale
  26. Chapter XXIV. Sigurd sees Brynhild at Hlymdale
  27. Chapter XXV. Of the Dream of Gudrun, Giuki's daughter
  28. Chapter XXVI. Sigurd comes to the Giukings and is wedded to Gudrun
  29. Chapter XXVII. The Wooing of Brynhild
  30. Chapter XXVIII. How the Queens held angry converse together at the Bathing
  31. Chapter XXIX. Of Brynhild's great Grief and Mourning
  32. Chapter XXX. Of the Slaying of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane
  33. Chapter XXXI. Of the Lamentation of Gudrun over Sigurd dead, as it is told told in ancient Songs. (1)
  34. Chapter XXXII. Of the Ending of Brynhild
  35. Chapter XXXIII. Gudrun wedded to Atli
  36. Chapter XXXIV. Atli bids the Giukings to him
  37. Chapter XXXV. The Dreams of the Wives of the Giukings
  38. Chapter XXXVI. Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli
  39. Chapter XXXVII. The Battle in the Burg of King Atli
  40. Chapter XXXVIII. Of the slaying of the Giukings
  41. Chapter XXXIX. The End of Atli and his Kin and Folk
  42. Chapter XL. How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again
  43. Chapter XLI. Of the Wedding and Slaying of Swanhild
  44. Chapter XLII. Gudrun sends her Sons to avenge Swanhild
  45. Chapter XLIII. The Latter End of all the Kin of the Giukings
  46. Part of the Second Lay of Helgi Hundings-Bane (1)
  47. Part of the Lay of Sigrdrifa (1)
  48. The Lay Called the Short Lay of Sigurd
  49. The Hell-Ride of Brynhild
  50. Fragments of the Lay of Brynhild
  51. The Second or Ancient Lay of Gudrun
  52. The Song of Atli
  53. The Whetting of Gudrun
  54. The Lay of Hamdir
  55. The Lament of Oddrun

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