The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) - With Excerpts from The Poetic Edda (Hardcover) (Hardcover)

The Story of the Volsungs is an epic work by William Morris, numbering over 10,000 lines and notable for inspiring the high fantasy literature of J. R. R. Tolkien and other famous authors. In his lifetime, Morris was praised by contemporaries for this poem, inspired by the existing legends of Nibelungenlied and the Volsungs, dating to the Middle Ages. The warrior society these tales depict are thought to have a reasonable measure of grounding in the reality of Nordic life as it was during antiquity; a martial culture, where strength and iron playing their pivotal part. We are introduced to the legend with a wedding; King Volsung's daughter Signy marries Siggeir, king of the Goths. However the God Odin, disguised as an elderly man of benign appearance, enters the ceremony and drives a blade into a tree trunk. Inviting everyone in the room to draw their swords in response, it is to the shock of those attending the ceremony that only Sigmund, a young and otherwise undistinguished man, is able to do so.

General

Imprint:	Lulu.Com
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2018
Authors:	William Morris • Eirikr Magnusson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-1-387-90071-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy
LSN:	1-387-90071-4
Barcode:	9781387900718

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