The Saga of the Volsungs

Penguin, 1999

ISBN 0-14-044738-5

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Contents

Note on Names, Spelling, and Pronunciation

Introduction
1. Odin Guides Sigi from the Otherworld*
2. The Birth of Volsung
3. Sigmund Draws the Sword from Barnstock
4. Siggeir Plots Revenge*
5. The Fall of Volsung
6. Signy Plots Revenge*
7. Signy Gives Birth to Sinfjotli
8. Sigmund and Sinfjotli Don the Skins
9. Helgi Marries Sigrun
10. Concerning the Volsungs
11. Sigmund Marries Hjordis*
12. Hjordis Remarries*
13. The Birth of Sigurd
14. The Otter's Ransom*
15. Regin Fashions Gram
16. Gripir Foretells Sigurd's Future*
17. Sigurd Kills Lyngvi and Hjorvard and All the Others
18. Regin and Sigurd Go Riding
19. Regin Drinks Fafnir's Blood
20. Sigurd Eats the Serpent's Heart
21. Concerning Sigurd
22. Brynhild's Wise Councel
23. Concerning Sigurd's Appearance
24. Sigurd Comes to Heimar
25. The Conversation between Sigurd and Brynhild
26. Concerning King Gjuki and His Sons
27. Brynhild Interprets Gudrun's Dream
28. The Ale of Forgetfulness is Blended for Sigurd
29. Sigurd Rides through the Wavering Flames of Brynhild, the Daughter of Budli
30. Disputes of the Queens, Brynhild and Gudrun
31. Brynhild's Grief Only Increases
32. The Betrayal of Sigurd
33. Brynhild's Request
34. The Disappearance of Gudrun
35. Gudrun Carves Runes
36. Hogni Interprets His Wife's Dream
37. The Brothers' Journey from Home
38. The Battle in the Fortress and the Victory
39. Hogni is Captured
40. The Conversation between Atli and Gudrun
41. Concerning Gudrun
42. Svanhild is Married and Trampled to Death under the Hooves of Horses
43. Gudrun Urges Her Sons to Avenge Svanhild
44. Concerning the Sons of Gudrun. The Final Chapter

Notes:
Eddic Poems Used By the Saga Author
Glossary

*Chapter titles with an asterisk have been supplied by the translator; all other titles are in the original manuscript.