[PDF.08ew] The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

[PDF.at83] The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

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 | #2189938 in Books |  1990-03-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.25 x5.50 x.50l, | File type: PDF | 145 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting|By J. Z. K.|This book is interesting in the fact that it is based on a set of oral stories passed down through generations but only being compiled by someone in Iceland in the 12th century. Having only one source to draw on makes this story unique indeed but also partial in nature. Reading the description of the book, I was drawn in. Beware, older versions of cur| |"Professor Byock is to be thanked for producing an eminently readable English version of the saga which will undoubtedly be well received . . . and which should do much to stimualte interest in the field."--"Saga|Language Notes

The Saga of the Volsungs is an Icelandic prose epic whose anonymous thirteenth-century author based his story on the legends of Old Scandinavian folk culture. A trove of traditional lore, it tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung.

The Saga is of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon this Norse source in writing his Ring Cycle. With its magical ring acq...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer   |  From University of California Press. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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