Story time continues with our second installment of the ‘Saga of the Volsungs‘ wherein another character goes to Valhöll without dying in battle, a valkyrie causes countless deaths for her own gain, and Sigmund’s magic sword finally receives a name. Don’t miss it!
Sources:
• “The Saga of the Volsungs”, transl. by Jesse Byock, 2004, supplemented by some of my own translations from the source text
• “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
• “The Prose Edda“, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995
‘Volsunga Saga’ Part I
‘Volsunga Saga’ Part III
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