- 1With Excerpts From the Poetic Edda — By Anonymous
- 2Introduction
- 3Translators’ Preface
- 4Chapter I — Of Sigi, the Son of Odin
- 5Chapter II — Of the Birth of Volsung, the Son of Rerir, Who Was the…
- 6Chapter III — Of the Sword That Sigmund, Volsung’s Son, Drew From t…
- 7Chapter IV — How King Siggeir Wedded Signy, and Bade King Volsung a…
- 8Chapter V — Of the Slaying of King Volsung
- 9Chapter VI — Of How Signy Sent the Children of Her and Siggeir to S…
- 10Chapter VII — Of the Birth of Sinfjotli the Son of Sigmund
- 11Chapter VIII — The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy
- 12Chapter IX — How Helgi, the Son of Sigmund, Won King Hodbrod and Hi…
- 13Chapter X — The Ending of Sinfjotli, Sigmund’s Son
- 14Chapter XI — Of King Sigmund’s Last Battle, and of How He Must Yiel…
- 15Chapter XII — Of the Shards of the Sword Gram, and How Hjordis Went…
- 16Chapter XIII — Of the Birth and Waxing of Sigurd Fafnir’s-bane
- 17Chapter XIV — Regin’s Tale of His Brothers, and of the Gold Called…
- 18Chapter XV — Of the Welding Together of the Shards of the Sword Gram
- 19Chapter XVI — The Prophecy of Grifir
- 20Chapter XVII — Of Sigurd’s Avenging of Sigmund His Father
- 21Chapter XVIII — Of the Slaying of the Worm Fafnir
- 22Chapter XIX — Of the Slaying of Regin, Son of Hreidmar
- 23Chapter XX — Of Sigurd’s Meeting With Brynhild on the Mountain
- 24Chapter XXI — More Wise Words of Brynhild
- 25Chapter XXII — Of the Semblance and Array of Sigurd Fafnir’s-bane. (1)
- 26Chapter XXIII — Sigurd Comes to Hlymdale
- 27Chapter XXIV — Sigurd Sees Brynhild at Hlymdale
- 28Chapter XXV — Of the Dream of Gudrun, Giuki’s Daughter
- 29Chapter XXVI — Sigurd Comes to the Giukings and Is Wedded to Gudrun
- 30Chapter XXVII — The Wooing of Brynhild
- 31Chapter XXVIII — How the Queens Held Angry Converse Together at the…
- 32Chapter XXIX — Of Brynhild’s Great Grief and Mourning
- 33Chapter XXX — Of the Slaying of Sigurd Fafnir’s-bane
- 34Chapter XXXI — Of the Lamentation of Gudrun Over Sigurd Dead, as It…
- 35Chapter XXXII — Of the Ending of Brynhild
- 36Chapter XXXIII — Gudrun Wedded to Atli
- 37Chapter XXXIV — Atli Bids the Giukings to Him
- 38Chapter XXXV — The Dreams of the Wives of the Giukings
- 39Chapter XXXVI — Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli
- 40Chapter XXXVII — The Battle in the Burg of King Atli
- 41Chapter XXXVIII — Of the Slaying of the Giukings
- 42Chapter XXXIX — The End of Atli and His Kin and Folk
- 43Chapter XL — How Gudrun Cast Herself Into the Sea, but Was Brought…
- 44Chapter XLI — Of the Wedding and Slaying of Swanhild
- 45Chapter XLII — Gudrun Sends Her Sons to Avenge Swanhild
- 46Chapter XLIII — The Latter End of All the Kin of the Giukings
- 47Appendix: Excerpts From the Poetic Edda
- 48Part of the Lay of Sigrdrifa (1)
- 49The Lay Called the Short Lay of Sigurd
- 50The Hell-Ride of Brynhild
- 51Fragments of the Lay of Brynhild
- 52The Second or Ancient Lay of Gudrun
- 53The Song of Atli
- 54The Whetting of Gudrun
- 55The Lay of Hamdir
- 56The Lament of Oddrun
The Story of the Volsungs
56 sections · Download EPUB