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Sigurd the Volsung - part 1 - Sigmund - Of the dwelling of King Volsung, and the wedding of Signy his daughter

The epic tale of the Volsungs. The source of Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen. The reading is of the marvelous verse rendition of William Morris.

In Part I Signy, daughter of Volsung marries the treacherous Siggeir, King of the Goth-folk. Odin, the All-Father appears at the wedding in disguise and plunges a mighty sword in the depths of the center tree of Volsung's hall. All the men attempt to pull it free but fail. Only the intrepid Sigmund the Volsung succeeds, thus giving rise to the envy of Siggeir...

2 Comments: Anonymous said... I just discovered your most interesting webpages. My question: will you be adding any further sections of the Volsungasaga? mhurshell Germany 3:12 AM Titurel said... I will be adding more of this and Parzival at a later date. 10:24 PM

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