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The Volsunga Saga
 with Excerpts from the
Poetic Edda
 Anonymous Old Norse and Icelandic MythologiesTranslated by  William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson1888 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication
 
The Volsunga Saga
trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (1888)
 
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The Volsunga Saga
trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (1888)
 ,
the Pennsylvania StateUniversity,
 Electronic Classics Series
, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is aPortable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bringclassical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make useof them.Cover Design: Jim ManisCopyright © 2003 The Pennsylvania State University
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................5TRANSLATORS’ PREFACE.......................................................................23THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS.............................26APPENDIX:.................................................................................................132
EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA.............................................................................................................. 132PART OF THE LAY OF SIGRDRIFA (1)................................................................................................................. 139THE LAY CALLED................................................................................................................................................... 142THE SHORT LAY OF SIGURD............................................................................................................................... 142THE HELL-RIDE OF BRYNHILD ......................................................................................................................... 158FRAGMENTS OF THE LAY OF BRYNHILD ....................................................................................................... 161THE SECOND OR ANCIENT LAY OF GUDRUN ................................................................................................ 166THE SONG OF ATLI ................................................................................................................................................ 176THE WHETTING OF GUDRUN............................................................................................................................. 187THE LAY OF HAMDIR............................................................................................................................................ 192THE LAMENT OF ODDRUN ................................................................................................................................. 199
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