• Völsung (Old Norse: Vǫlsungr [ˈvɔlsuŋɡr̩], Old English: Wæls) is a figure in Germanic mythology, where he is the eponymous ancestor of the Völsung family...
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    or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including...
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  • Inklings. Beowulf Ermanaric Tyrfing Cycle Thidreks saga Völsung Ronald Finch, The Saga of the Volsungs (1965) p. xiii W. Faraday, The Edda Vol II (2014) np...
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    Sigmund (category Völsung cycle)
    the Völsung cycle except that he was a dragonslayer. In the Völsunga saga, Signý marries Siggeir, the king of Gautland (modern Västergötland). Völsung and...
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    Fáfnir (category Völsung cycle)
    legend and folklore, Fáfnir is a worm or dragon slain by a member of the Völsung family, typically Sigurð. In Nordic mythology, he is the son of Hreiðmarr...
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  • mythology and references Völsung. Cover photograph by Photographer William 'Bill' Corbett. "Stark von Oben" (4:01) "We Are Volsung" (4:17) "We Ride" (3:20)...
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  • Hljóð [ˈhljoːð]) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. She is the spouse of Völsung, the daughter of the jötunn Hrímnir, and the mother of Sigmund and Signy...
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    Sinfjötli (category Völsung cycle)
    King Völsung. Signý, King Völsung's daughter, despises her husband King Siggeir, and begs "that she may not be made to return to King Siggeir." Völsung denies...
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    Wulfing in Beowulf and Norse Sagas. Scylfing (Yngling) Skjöldung (Scylding) Völsung Sippe ^ "Ätt" i Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (första upplagan...
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    The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (1876) is an epic poem of over 10,000 lines by William Morris that tells the tragic story...
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  • Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Demetriou played the Princess Helle of Volsung in Viking Destiny. Green, Michael (July 18, 2018). "Former Chester student...
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  • The Lord of the Rings (category Völsung cycle)
    The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel...
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    Angrboða. Fáfnir is a widely attested dragon that has a prominent role in the Völsung Cycle. Fafnir took the form of a dragon after claiming a hoard of treasure...
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    of the Völsung race has fathered the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, who have grown up separately and unaware of each other. From the Völsungs Wotan hopes...
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    Helgi Hundingsbane (category Völsung cycle)
    as an Ylfing (the Wylfings of Beowulf) in several places, but also as a Völsung since he is described as the son of Sigmund and Borghild and the brother...
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  • death. He rules in Hunaland and becomes a powerful ruler. Rerir's son is Völsung. Rerir and his wife were unable to have children until the goddess Frigg...
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  • is the mountain where Brynhildr lives in the Völsung cycle. In Snorri Sturluson's account of the Völsung cycle (Skáldskaparmál), Sigurðr first meets Brynhildr...
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    Gram (mythology) (category Völsung cycle)
    of hue". Gram is primarily seen in the Volsunga Saga used by men in the Völsung line after Sigmund. Sigmund receives it during the wedding feast for his...
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  • correct action is directed. Fáfnir - A similarly named dragon from the Völsung cycle Sturtevant, Albert Morey (1911). "The Relation of Loddfáfnir to Odin...
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    six-year pregnancy and the birth (by Caesarean section) of their son—the hero Völsung. Further, Davidson points out the "strange" phrase "Apples of Hel" used...
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    according to Grímnismál. Andvari, a shapechanging dwarf featuring in the Völsung cycle who is extorted out of his treasure by Loki. Fjalar and Galar, two...
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    Signy (category Völsung cycle)
    only daughter of King Völsung of Hunaland and Hljod the giantess. She and her twin brother Sigmund were the oldest of Volsung's eleven children. Signy...
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  • This is a list of films based on Germanic mythology. List of films based on Greco-Roman mythology List of films based on Slavic mythology Norse mythology...
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  • Fáfnir is a worm in Germanic folklore who is killed by a member of the Völsung family. Fafnir or Fafner may also refer to: Bramo 323 Fafnir, a German...
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    ancestor of Harald Fairhair and used his mother's supposed ancestry the Völsung to create an ancestry between Harald and his descendants and Odin. "Snake-in-the-eye"...
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  • Hrotti is a sword in the Völsung cycle (Fáfnismál, Völsunga saga, 20). It was a part of Fáfnir's treasure, which Sigurðr took after he slew the dragon...
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    Fimbulwinter Ragnarök Wild Hunt Sources Poetic Edda Prose Edda Tyrfing Cycle Völsung Cycle Saga Runestones WikiProject Norse history and culture v t e...
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    Fimbulwinter Ragnarök Wild Hunt Sources Poetic Edda Prose Edda Tyrfing Cycle Völsung Cycle Saga Runestones WikiProject Norse history and culture v t e...
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    Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, a prose narrative says that King Sigmund (son of Völsung) and his wife Borghild (of Brálund) have a son named Helgi, who they named...
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  • Sigurd and Gudrún appeared in May 2009, a verse retelling of the Norse Völsung cycle, followed by The Fall of Arthur in May 2013, and by Beowulf: A Translation...
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