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

Eiríkr Magnússon · William Morris

FormatEbook
Published1997
Words57,712
LanguageEnglish
ReadingIncluded
About this book
This prose translation recounts the Old Norse legend of the Volsung dynasty, including the hero Sigurd, paired with related excerpts from the Poetic Edda. It suits readers interested in Norse mythology, medieval Icelandic sagas, and the roots of later Germanic legend.

Eiríkr Magnússon

Eiríkr or Eiríkur Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar at the University of Cambridge, who taught Old Norse to William Morris, translated numerous Icelandic sagas into English in collaboration with him, and played an important role in the movement to study the history and literature of the Norsemen in Victorian England.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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