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Völsung (Old Norse: Vǫlsungr [ˈvɔlsuŋɡr̩], Old English: Wæls) is a
figure in
Germanic mythology,
where he is the
eponymous ancestor of the
Völsung family...
- or Saga of the
Völsungs) is a
legendary saga, a late 13th-century
prose rendition in Old
Norse of the
origin and
decline of the
Völsung clan (including...
- The
Völsung Cycle is a
series of
legends in
Norse mythology first extensively recorded in
medieval Iceland, but
which were also
known in
Sweden (as seen...
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ancestor of
Harald Fairhair and used his mother's
supposed ancestry to
Völsung in
order to
create an
ancestry between Harald and his
descendants and Odin...
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works include the
dragon that
killed Beowulf, the
central dragon in the
Völsung Cycle – Fáfnir, Níðhöggr, and the
great sea serpent, Jǫrmungandr, including...
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married Signy, the
sister of
Sigmund and the
daughter of King
Völsung.
Although Völsung agreed to the marriage,
Signy herself was unwilling. At the banquet...
- King
Völsung. Signý, King
Völsung's daughter,
despises her
husband King Siggeir, and begs "that she may not be made to
return to King Siggeir."
Völsung denies...
- The
Story of
Sigurd the
Volsung and the Fall of the
Niblungs (1876) is an epic poem of over 10,000
lines by
William Morris that
tells the
tragic story...
- We Are
Volsung is the
sixth full-length
studio release by
Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction. It was
recorded at The
Lodge Recording Studio, Northampton...
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legend and folklore, Fáfnir is a worm or
dragon slain by a
member of the
Völsung family,
typically Sigurð. In
Nordic mythology, he is the son of Hreiðmarr...
