The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs. 1909–14. Vol. 49, Part 4. The Harvard Classics

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Harvard Classics, Vol. 49, Part 4

The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record

TRANSLATED BY EIRÍKR MAGNÚSSON AND WILLIAM MORRIS

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Translator’s Preface

The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs

The Names of Those Who Are Most Noteworthy in This Story

A Prologue in Verse

Of Sigi, the Son of Odin
Of the Birth of Volsung, the Son of Rerir, Who was the Son of Sigi
Of the Sword that Sigmund, Volsung’s son, drew from the Branstock
How King Siggeir wedded Signy, and bade King Volsung and his son to Gothland
Of the Slaying of King Volsung
Of how Signy sent the Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund
Of the Birth of Sinfjotli the Son of Sigmund
The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy
How Helgi the son of Sigmund, won King Hodbrod and his Realm, and wedded Sigrun
The Ending of Sinfjotli, Sigmund’s Son
Of King Sigmund’s last Battle, and of how he must yield up his Sword Again
Of the Shards of the Sword Gram, and how Hjordis went to King Alf
Of the Birth and Waxing of Sigurd Fafnir’s-Bane
Regin’s Tale of his Brothers, and of the Gold called Andvari’s Hoard
Of the Welding together of the Shards of the Sword Gram
The Prophecy of Grifir
Of Sigurd’s Avenging of Sigmund his Father
Of the Slaying of the Worm Fafnir
Of the Slaying of Regin, Son of Hreidmar
Of Sigurd’s Meeting with Brynhild on the Mountain
More Wise Words of Brynhild
Of the Semblance and Array of Sigurd Fafnir’s-Bane
Sigurd comes to Hlymdale
Sigurd sees Brynhild at Hlymdale
Of the Dream of Gudrun, Giuki’s Daughter
Sigurd comes to the Giukings and is Wedded to Gudrun
The Wooing of Brynhild
How the Queens Held Angry Converse Together at the Bathing
Of Brynhild’s Great Grief and Mourning
Of the Slaying of Sigurd Fafnir’s-bane
Of the Lamentation of Gudrun Over Sigurd Dead, as it is Told in the Ancient Songs
Of the Ending of Brynhild
Gudrun Wedded to Atli
Atli bids the Giukings to Him
The Dreams of the Wives of the Giukings
Of the Journey of the Giukings to King Atli
The Battle in the Burg of King Atli
Of the Slaying of the Giukings
The End of Atli and His Kin and Folk
How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again
Of the Wedding and Slaying of Swanhild
Gudrun sends her Sons to Avenge Swanhild
The Latter End of all the Kin of the Giukings

Certain Songs from the Elder Edda which Deal with the Story of the Volsungs

Part of the Second Lay of Helgi Hunding’s-Bane
Part of the Lay of Sigrdrifa
The Lay Called the Short Lay of Sigurd
The Hell-Ride of Brynhild
Fragments of the Lay of Brynhild
The Second or Ancient Lay of Gudrun
The Song of Atli
The Whetting of Gudrun
The Lay of Hamdir
The Lament of Oddrun

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