Völsunga saga
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The Völsunga saga is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan. It is one of the most famous legendary sagas and an example of a
Translation by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris, 1870, published by F. S. Ellis
Sigmunds Schwert by Johannes Gehrts
Brunhild
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Brunhild, also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild, is a female character from Germanic heroic legend. She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess and queen Brunhilda of Austrasia.
Völsunga saga
…is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the story of Sigurd and Brunhild and the destruction of the Burgundians). It is one of the most famous legendary sagas and an example of a "heroic saga" that deals with Germanic heroic…
"Brunnhild" (1897) by Gaston Bussière
Sigrdrífa giving Sigurd a drinking horn; illustration on the 11th-century Drävle Runestone
French operatic soprano Rose Caron as Brunhild at Théâtre de La Monnaie, Brussels, 1884
Illustration of Helreið Brynhildar, 1893