By Jesse L. Byock
The Saga is of distinct curiosity to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew seriously upon this Norse resource in writing his Ring Cycle. With its magical ring got by means of the hero, and the sword to be reforged, the saga has additionally been a main resource for writers of myth reminiscent of J. R. R. Tolkien and romantics similar to William Morris.
Byock's accomplished advent explores the heritage, legends, and myths inside the saga and strains the improvement of a story that reaches again to the interval of the nice folks migrations in Europe while the Roman Empire collapsed.
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Wagner’s outlook is strongly conditioned by Völuspá, cataclysmic dooam powerful Eddic poem that presents all of cosmic history as inevitably leading to the cataclysmic doom of Ragnarök. In Völuspá, Odin calls up from her grave a dead giantess to prophesy for him the fate of the gods; this scene was probably a model for Wotan’s confrontation with the earth goddess, Erda, in the Ring. ” Wagner translated this into German as Götterdämmerung.
His cult developed early in Scandinavia, and as a dragon slayer he was represented in carvings on church portals in medieval Denmark. In Norway no pre-1200 representations of Michael have been preserved, and there is no mention of carvings of this saint on Norwegian stave church portals. Can the reason for the Norwegian choice of Sigurd over Michael as dragon slayer lie in the politics of the time? Michael was a guardian angel of the Danes, the Baltic Germans, and the Ottonian rulers of the Holy Roman Empire.
Sigurd Rides through the Wavering Flames of Brynhild, the Daughter of Budli 30. Dispute of the Queens, Brynhild and Gudrun 31. Brynhild’s Grief Only Increases 32. The Betrayal of Sigurd 33. Brynhild’s Request 34. The Disappearance of Gudrun 35. Gudrun Carves Runes 36. Hogni Interprets His Wife’s Dream 37. The Brothers’ Journey from Home 38. The Battle in the Fortress and the Victory 39. Hogni Is Captured 40. The Conversation between Atli and Gudrun 41. Concerning Gudrun 42. Svanhild Is Married and Trampled to Death under the Hooves of Horses 43.