Völsungasaga

Author(s)

• Anonymous

The 13th century Icelandic Völsungasaga is usually read by people studying the Poetic Edda or Wagner's Ring - which obscures the fact it is a much better story than practically everything derived from it. A riddle-telling dragon, a broken sword, a hooded mysterious wanderer - cannibalism, incest, mutilation, and sensitive hearts. This is R-rated Tolkien - and the unashamedly archaic Magnússon-Morris translation is up for the adventure.

Passages spoken in Old Norse are taken from the edition of Sophus Bugge, Berlin, 1891.
(Summary by Corpang)

1. Chapters I - V
2. Chapters VI - VIII
3. Chapters IX - XI
4. Chapters XII - XV
5. Chapters XVI - XIX
6. Chapters XX - XXIV
7. Chapters XXV - XXVII
8. Chapters XXVIII - XXIX
9. Chapters XXX - XXXII
10. Chapters XXXIII - XXXV
11. Chapters XXXVI - XXXVIII
12. Chapters XXXIX - XLIII