The Volsunga Saga

William Morris, Eirikr Magnusson

Eiríkr or Eiríkur Magnússon was an Icelandic scholar at the University of Cambridge, who taught Old Norse to William Morris, translated numerous Icelandic sagas into English in collaboration with him, and played an important role in the movement to study the history and literature of the Norsemen in Victorian England.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Translators' Preface
• Chapter 1. Of Sigi, The Son Of Odin
• Chapter 2. Of The Birth Of Volsung, The Son Of Rerir, Who Was The Son Of Sigi
• Chapter 3. Of The Sword That Sigmund, Volsung's Son, Drew From The Branstock
• Chapter 4. How King Siggeir Wedded Signy, And Bade King Volsung And His Son To Gothland
• Chapter 5. Of The Slaying Of King Volsung
• Chapter 6. Of How Signy Sent The Children Of Her And Siggeir To Sigmund
• Chapter 7. Of The Birth Of Sinfjotli The Son Of Sigmund
• Chapter 8. The Death Of King Siggeir And Of Stigny
• Chapter 9. How Helgi, The Son Of Sigmund, Won King Hodbrod And His Realm, And Wedded Sigurn
• Chapter 10. The Ending Of Sinfjatli, Sigmund's Son
• Chapter 11. Of King Sigmund's Last Battle, And Of How He Must Yield Up His Sword Again
• Chapter 12. Of The Shards Of The Sword Gram, And How Hjordis Went To King Alf
• Chapter 13. Of The Birth And Waxing Of Sigurd Fafnir's-Bane
• Chapter 14. Regin's Tale Of His Brothers, And Of The Gold Called Andvari's Hoard
• Chapter 15. Of The Welding Together Of The Shards Of The Sward Gram
• Chapter 16. The Prophecy Of Grifir
• Chapter 17. Of Sigurd's Avenging Of Sigmund His Father
• Chapter 18. Of The Slaying Of The Worm Fafnir
• Chapter 19. Of The Slaying Of Regin, Son Of Hreidmar
• Chapter 20. Of Sigurd's Meeting With Brynhild On The Mountain
• Chapter 21. More Wise Words Of Brynhild
• Chapter 22. Of The Semblance And Array Of Sigurd Fafnir's Bane
• Chapter 23. Sigurd Comes To Hlymdale
• Chapter 24. Sigurd Sees Brynhild At Hlymdale
• Chapter 25. Of The Dream Of Gudrun, Giuki's Daughter
• Chapter 26
• Chapter 27. The Wooing Of Brynhild
• Chapter 28. How The Queens Held Angry Converse Together At The Bathing
• Chapter 29. Of Brynhild's Great Grief And Mourning
• Chapter 30. Of The Slaying Of Sigurd Fafnir's-Bane
• Chapter 31. Of The Lamentation Of Gudrun Over Sigurd's Dead, As It Is Told Told In Ancient Songs
• Chapter 32. Of The Ending Of Brynhild
• Chapter 33. Gudrun Wedded To Alii
• Chapter 34. Atli Bids The Giukings To Him
• Chapter 35. The Dreams Of The Wives Of The Giukings
• Chapter 36. Of The Journey Of The Giukings To King Atli
• Chapter 37. The Battle In The Burg Of King Atli
• Chapter 38. Of The Slaying Of The Giukings
• Chapter 39. The End Of Atli And His Kin And Folk
• Chapter 40. How Gudrun Cast Herself Into The Sea, But Was Brought Ashore Again
• Chapter 41. Of The Wedding And Slaying Of Swanhild
• Chapter 42. Gudrun Sends Her Sons To Avenge Swanhild
• Chapter 43. The Latter End Of All The Kin Of The Giukings
• Appendix 1. Part Of The Second Lay Of Helgi Hundings-Bane
• Appendix 2. Part Of The Lay Of Sigrdrifa
• Appendix 3. The Lay Called The Short Lay Of Sigurd
• Appendix 4. The Hell-Ride Of Brynhild
• Appendix 5. Fragments Of The Lay Of Brynhild
• Appendix 6. The Second Or Ancient Lay Of Gudrun
• Appendix 7. The Song Of Atli
• Appendix 8. The Whetting Of Gudrun
• Appendix 9. The Lay Of Hamdir
• Appendix 10. The Lament Of Oddrun