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	The Volsung Saga Index
		Chapter II: Of the Birth of Volsung, the Son of Rerir, who was the Son of Sigi.
		Chapter III: Of the Sword that Sigmund, Volsung's son, drew from the Branstock.
		Chapter XIII: Of the Birth and Waxing of Sigurd Fafnir's-bane.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/vlsng (435 words)

	§5. "Sigurd the Volsung". V. The Rossettis, William Morris, Swinburne, and Others. Vol. 13. The Victorian Age, ...
		In 1875, he published his translation of the Aeneid and a small volume of translations of Icelandic stories which preluded his most ambitious poem, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs.
		The episodes follow one another with unfailing vigour and freshness, and, in the climax of the story, the slaying of the Niblung kings, the slayers of Sigurd, in the hall of Atli, the death-song of Gunnar among the serpents and the vengeance and death of Gudrun, Morris pursued his theme triumphantly to the end.
		If the chosen form of Sigurd the Volsung did not wholly fulfil its promise when it came to cope with the Homeric hexameter, it was at least thoroughly adequate to an occasion when Morris was free to deal with his story untrammelled by the exigencies of translation.
	www.bartleby.com /223/0505.html (694 words)

	Volsungs
		So Volsung is semi-born of a barren mother after six years of gestation withdirect intervention from the Gods, and whose conception is marked from thestart as possessing a foothold in the underworld.
		Sigurd's ignoring of his doom may coincide with the poetic Viking warriormystique of "facing the odds whatever they may be," although in Sigurd's casethis seems to be an effort in macho futility.
		Sigurd's honor is tarnished when, still under the influence of Grimhild's Aleof Forgetfulness and sorcery, he "breaks the rules" connected with hisotherworldliness--leaping the fire wall protecting Brynhild.
	www.webcom.com /~lstead/June94/volsung.html (3069 words)

	Teutonic Myth and Legend: Chapter XXVIII. Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
		Sigurd called it Grane because it was grey, nor was its equal to be found in the world.
		Sigurd desired to know what the norns had decreed regarding him, and although Griper was at first unwilling to tell him, he at last unfolded to the lad his whole future life.
		Sigurd did not attain such godlike stature, but he was, according to Saga statistics, nearly 20 feet high; for when his sword was girt on, the end of it touched the ears of growing rye.
	www.earth-history.com /Europe/Teutonic/chap28.htm (3441 words)

	Free Essay Sigurd the Volsung - Northern Europe Hero (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sigurd is destined for greatness at a young age, for his veins swam with the blood of Sigmund, the noble and courageous King of Hunland.
		Sigurd was a towering man, with unbeatable strength, astuteness, and agility; he defeats Fafnir to obtain his notoriety.
		In contrast, Sigurd is seen rescuing Brunhild from the raging flames, thus demonstrating the common “damsel in distress” dogma.
	www.echeat.com /essay.php?t=25177 (744 words)

	The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs Biography and Summary
		The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs Biography and Summary
		The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris
		William Morris (1834-1896), one of the most versatile and influential men of his age, was the last of the major English romantics and a leading champion and promoter of revolutionary ideas as poet, critic, artist, designer, manufacturer, and socialist.
	www.bookrags.com /The_Story_of_Sigurd_the_Volsung_and_the_Fall_of_the_Niblungs (556 words)

	Mangle Sigurd Detail
		The Saga of Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer is told in a series of carved roundels on the portals of the twelfth-century stave church at Hylestad, Norway.
		Sigurd did as he was bidden, but he burnt his finger on the roasting heart and licked it, thereby tasting the blood from the heart.
		When Sigurd heard all this, and how Regin was plotting to betray him, he cut off Regin's head with one blow of the sword Gram and took the hoard of gold for himself.
	sherpe.com /carving/Mangle_Sigurd.Detail.html (805 words)

	Völsunga Saga
		Geneology: House of the Volsungs and the Giukings (Niflungs)
		Sigurd met an old man with one eye (Odin in disguised again) and advised Sigurd to choose the young grey, telling the young hero that this horse was bred by Sleipnir (Odin's horse).
		When Sigurd visit her, he revealed that he had been deceived by the magic of Grimhild, causing him to forget her and married Gudrun, yet it was too late for him to correct matters after Brynhild married Gunnar.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/volsunga.html (5249 words)

	! Assembly of The Elder Troth - Rememberance Day for Sigurd the Volsung !
		The general theme, though, is not limited by these forms; in novel and film and fairy tale its motifs are repeated for the enjoyment and the elevation of all who hear them.
		Sigurd, the slayer of dragons and winner of the cursed treasure, has won good word-fame for as long as our Folk lives to hear of his deeds.
		Sigurd was only the latest in the line of Volsungs, fostered by Odin and watched over by him.
	www.aetaustralia.org /sigurd.htm (466 words)

	The Story of Sigurd the Volsung Biography and Summary
		The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by William Morris
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		· The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
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	OMACL: The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga)
		A few of these works have been preserved in the collection of Norse poetry known as the "Poetic Edda".
		The text of this edition is based on that published as "The Story of the Volsungs", translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (Walter Scott Press, London, 1888).
		Chapter XXXI: Of the Lamentation of Gudrun over Sigurd's dead, as it is told in ancient Songs
	omacl.org /Volsunga (586 words)

	The 19th Century Literature Webring
		RING DESCRIPTION:A webring for sites containing information on literature written during the 19th century.
		It actually contains a lot of information about William Morris's epic poem SIGURD THE VOLSUNG
		A calm place on the net for those who enjoy The Victorian Era.
	www.ringsurf.com /netring?ring=19thcl;id=26;action=prev5 (678 words)

	Sigurd Swane ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Edward Burne-Jones, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898), 1898
		Edward Burne-Jones, Untitled, in the book The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1898), 1898
		Sigurd SWANE Art Auction Sales and Market Information by artprice.com
	wwar.com /masters/s/swane-sigurd.html (184 words)

	OCAIW - Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
		The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, 1898
		Untitled, in the book The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, 1898
		Untitled, in the book The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs,1898
	www.ocaiw.com /burne.htm (635 words)

	The Story of Sigurd the Volsung (excerpt) by William Morris
		The Story of Sigurd the Volsung (excerpt) by William Morris
		They craved, and kissed rejoicing, and their hearts were full and fain.
		Then Sigurd looketh upon her, and the words from his heart arise:
	www.poemhunter.com /poem/the-story-of-sigurd-the-volsung-excerpt (2757 words)

	Legends - Sagas and Sea-Kings (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story of Sigurd the Volsung in turn served as a source for authors from Richard Wagner to William Morris to J.R.R. Tolkien.
		The tale of Sigurd Fafnirsbane is repleat with dragon-treasure, a broken sword reforged, shield-maidens, and a dwarf-ring that brings a curse on its wearers.
		Sources in Medieval Literature of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and William Morris's "Sigurd the Volsung," a thesis by Jane Susanna Ennis of the University of London, excerpted by the author at the Richard Wagner Archive in Finland.
	legends.duelingmodems.com /sagas/index.html (701 words)

	trinh.myth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He told her that she would have a son named Sigurd and he was to be the last and most noble of the Volsungs.
		Sigurd chose that horse and turned to thank the stranger for his help, but he was gone.
		Sigurd realized that this was his chance to kill Regin and rid himself of a death threat.
	members.tripod.com /bmcginn/trinh.myth.html (3624 words)

	DRAGONS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sigurd (also known as Siegfried) Volsung was told by the dwarf Regin to gain fame and power to slay a terrible dragon named Fafnir that guarded a huge mound of treasure.
		What Sigurd did not know is that Regin's brother murdered their father to gain the wealth of the kingdom.
		From what Sigurd knew of dragons, their tough,scaly hide on the top of the body was impregnable to any weapon.
	www.rpi.edu /~methok/dragons/sigurd.html (309 words)

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		And such was the guise of his raiment as the Volsung elders had told Was borne by their fathers' fathers, and the first that warred in the wold.
		Then uprose Volsung's homemen, and the fell-abiding folk; And the yellow-headed shepherds came gathering round the Oak, And the searchers of the thicket and the dealers with the oar: And the least and the worst of them all was a mighty man of war.
		Lo, such is the Volsung dwelling; lo, such is the deed he hath wrought Who laboured all his life-days, and had rest but little or nought, Who died in the broken battle; who lies with swordless hand In the realm that the foe hath conquered on the edge of a stranger-land.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/8/3/2/18328/18328-8.txt (7100 words)

	Wagner's Sources - 1
		Volsung is killed by Siggeir's men; his sons are captured, and killed one by one, until only Sigmund is left.
		Hjordis joins Sigmund on the battlefield and is able to speak to him before he dies; he tells her that the child she is expecting is a boy, and that she is to keep the pieces of the sword for him.
		In VS and in SIGURD THE VOLSUNG, Sigmund's sword is broken, but he is able to speak to his wife before he dies; he asks her to keep the broken pieces of the sword for their son, who is destined to be a great hero.
	www.fortunecity.co.uk /southbank/pottery/31/ring1.html (2778 words)

	Overview (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Volsunga Saga, as it is often called, recounts the mythic deeds of the dragon slayer, Sigurd the Volsung, and tells of runic knowledge.
		In the saga she is a Valkyrie, one of Odin's warrior-maidens, the ones who choose the slain for Valhalla at the end of battle.
		Tolkien, in particular found great inspiration the The Saga of the Volsungs, including the sword that was reforged, rings of power, the dragon on the hoard, and the creature Gollum.
	www.viking.ucla.edu /volsungs/overview.html (372 words)

	William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson - Volsunga Saga - Introduction
		The combination of real history with pure myth - malicious dwarfs, dragons, magic potions, and even an early version of the story of sleeping beauty - made it appear that the Germanic peoples, like the Greeks, had their own equivalent of the 'Tale of Troy', destined to be retold forever.
		Morris and his Icelandic friend Eirikr Magnusson were the first to translate the Volsunga saga into English; Morris was so enthused by it that he went on to create his own epic retelling of the story, Sigurd the Volsung.
		He gave it to Sigurd, who took it and said "This is your smithying, Regin." Sigurd struck the anvil and the sword broke.
	www.marxists.org /archive/morris/works/1870/volsungs (475 words)

	Sigurd (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Early in the epic, Sigurd's uncle reveals his fate to him and to the reader.
		Why does Sigurd take Fafnir's treasure hoard even though he knows it is cursed?
		The myth of Sigurd is filled with treachery and death.
	www.maryknollschool.org:16080 /hs/staff/profiles/crawford/mythology/sig.htm (190 words)

	Page, Norse Myths, University of Texas Press
		Entertaining and sometimes horrifying legends of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, monsters and giants survive from pagan Scandinavia, even though the Norsemen were unable to write them down.
		Odin and Thor, Freyja and Loki, Sigurd the Volsung, Gudrun and Brynhild are the most famous of these mythical characters, whose stories were eventually recorded.
		With authority and wit, Professor Page retells the Norse legends and shows how complex and sometimes contradictory their traditions are.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/books/pagnop.html (193 words)

	The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer - PowerBookSearch!
		An unforgettable tale of princely jealousy, unrequited love, greed and vengeance, the Saga of the Volsungs is one of the great books of world literature." "Based on Viking Age poems, the saga combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama.
		At its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires runic knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries.
		Yet it is also set in a very human world, incorporating oral memories of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman empire.
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0520232852.html (627 words)

	Amazon.de: The Saga of the Volsungs. The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer: English Books: Jesse L. Byock (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Volsungs Saga is - more than the Nibelungenlied also Richard Wagner's most important source for his Ring cycle and inspired many other works in literature.
		The saga of the Volsungs is a compound of old Norse lays.
		The first part tells the story of Sigurd's ancestry and of his quest to slay the dragon Fafnir.
	www.amazon.de /Volsungs-Norse-Sigurd-Dragon-Slayer/dp/0520232852 (871 words)

	Sigurd: S at Canadian Content
		Memorial day-Feast of the Einherjar, When we remember the battle slain warriors who reside in Valhalla with Odin himself.
		June 9-Remembrance for Sigurd the Volsung, Another great hero from the sagas.
		In the book "Nordiska Gudar och Hjältesagor" (page 289-290) there is a story about the Viking Sigurd, who got himself a sword.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Utah/Localities/S/Sigurd (184 words)

	Wagner's Sources - 1
		He invites Volsungs and his sons to visit him; Volsung accepts, though he suspects that Siggeir means him no good.
		Hjordis joins Sigmund on the battlefield and is able to speak to him before he dies; he tells her that the child she is expecting is a boy, and that she is to keep the peices (sorry!) pieces of the sword for him.
		So Signy is married against her will to Siggeir - the wedding takes place in Volsung's hal, which is built round a tree called the Branstock.
	users.utu.fi /hansalmi/jane1.html (2586 words)

	www.myspace.com/sigurdthesnake
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		My name is Sigurd Voslung the snake, I was named after the legendary Viking of Lore.
		You were a little rough around the edges when we first met but you have turned out to be pretty damn cool.
	www.myspace.com /sigurdthesnake (244 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, by William Morris.
		The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, by William Morris.
		Of the birth of Sigurd the Son of Sigmund69
		BOOK I. in this book is told of the earlier days of the volsungs, and of sigmund the father of sigurd, and of his deeds, and of how he died while sigurd was yet unborn in his mother's womb.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/8/3/2/18328/18328-h/18328-h.htm (17224 words)

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