- The
Völsunga saga (often
referred to in
English as the
Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a
legendary saga, a late 13th-century
prose rendition...
- Skáldskaparmál,
chapter 47. Ney 2012, p. 83.
Völsunga Saga,
Chapter 14.
Völsunga Saga,
Chapter 18.
Völsunga Saga,
Chapter 19. Norna-Gests þáttr, Chapters...
- to kill the
dragon Fafnir. It is
primarily used by the Völsungs in the
Volsunga Saga. However, it is also seen in
other legends, such as the Thidrekssaga...
- Ylfings), and form the
material of the epic
poems in the
Elder Edda and of
Völsunga saga,
which preserves material from lost poems. Völsung is also the subject...
-
referenced as one item Sigurð
takes from Fafnir's ****d
after he
slays him in
Völsunga saga. In the
prose of Reginsmál, Fáfnir is
described as
owning the helm...
- The most
important works to
feature Sigurd are the Nibelungenlied, the
Völsunga saga, and the
Poetic Edda. He also
appears in
numerous other works from...
-
According to the
prose introduction to a poem in the
Poetic Edda and in
Völsunga saga, Rán once
loaned her net to the god Loki. Rán is
attested in the Poetic...
-
beautiful but evil
sorceress who was
married to king Gjúki of
Burgundy in the
Völsunga saga
where she is the
mother of
three sons, Gunnar, Hǫgni and Guthormr...
- and in 13th-century
sources including Ynglinga saga, Nafnaþulur, and the
Völsunga saga. If historical, he
would have
lived in the 5th century.[citation needed]...
- is a
shieldmaiden or valkyrie, who
appears as a main
character in the
Völsunga saga and some
Eddic poems treating the same events. In the continental...
