Text of the Volsunga Saga
The Story of the Volsungs and the Niblungs
The text of this edition is based on that published as "The Story of the Volsungs", translated from the Icelandic by William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon, (F.S. Ellis, London, 1870).
CONTENTS
| Preface | |||
| Names | |||
| A Prologue in Verse | |||
| Of Sigi, the Son of Odin | |||
| II. | Of the Birth of Volsung, the Son of Rerir, who was the Son of Sigi | ||
| III. | Of the Sword that Sigmund, Volsung's son, drew from the Branstock | ||
| IV. | How King Siggeir wedded Signy, and bade King Volsung and his son to Gothland | ||
| V. | Of the Slaying of King Volsung | ||
| VI. | Of how Signy sent the Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund | ||
| VII. | Of the Birth of Sinfjotli the Son of Sigmund | ||
| VIII. | The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy | ||
| IX. | How Helgi, the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun | ||
| X. | The ending of Sinfjotli, Sigmund's Son | ||
| XI. | Of King Sigmund's last Battle, and of how he must yield up his Sword again | ||
| XII. | Of the Shards of the Sword Gram, and how Hjordis went to King Alf | ||
| XIII. | Of the Birth and Waxing of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane | ||
| XIV. | Regin's tale of his Brothers, and of the Gold called Andvari's Hoard | ||
| XV. | Of the Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Gram | ||
| XVI. | The prophecy of Grifir | ||
| XVII. | Of Sigurd's Avenging of Sigmund his Father | ||
| XVIII. | Of the Slaying of the Worm Fafnir | ||
| XIX. | Of the Slaying of Regin, Son of Hreidmar | ||
| XX. | Of Sigurd's Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain | ||
| XXI. | More Wise Words of Brynhild | ||
| XXII. | Of the Semblance and Array of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane | ||
| XXIII. | Sigurd comes to Hlymdale | ||
| XXIV. | Sigurd sees Brynhild at Hlymdale | ||
| XXV. | Of the Dream of Gudrun, Giuki's daughter | ||
| XXVI. | Sigurd comes to the Giukings and is wedded to Gudrun | ||
| XXVII. | The Wooing of Brynhild | ||
| XXVIII. | How the Queens held angry converse together at the Bathing | ||
| XXIX. | Of Brynhild's great Grief and Mourning | ||
| XXX. | Of the Slaying of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane | ||
| XXXI. | Of the Lamentation of Gudrun over Sigurd dead, as it is told told in ancient Songs | ||
| XXXII. | Of the Ending of Brynhild | ||
| XXXIII. | Gudrun wedded to Atli | ||
| XXXIV. | Atli bids the Giukings to him | ||
| XXXV. | The Dreams of the Wives of the Giukings | ||
| XXXVI. | Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli | ||
| XXXVII. | The Battle in the Burg of King Atli | ||
| XXXVIII. | Of the slaying of the Giukings | ||
| XXXIX. | The End of Atli and his Kin and Folk | ||
| XL. | How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again | ||
| XLI. | Of the Wedding and Slaying of Swanhild | ||
| XLII. | Gudrun sends her Sons to avenge Swanhild | ||
| XLIII. | The Latter End of all the Kin of the Giukings | ||
| Notes | |||
| Index | |||