EPIC & SAGA BEOWULF THE SONG OF ROLAND THE DESTRUCTION OF DA DERGA'S HOSTEL THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS

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EPIC & SAGA BEOWULF THE SONG OF ROLAND THE DESTRUCTION OF DA DERGA

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

BEOWULF

THE SONG OF ROLAND

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

PART I THE TREASON OF GANELON

PART II THE PRELUDE OF THE GREAT BATTLE

PART III THE REPRISALS

THE DESTRUCTION OF DÁ DERGA'S HOSTEL

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS AND NIBLUNGS

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THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST NOTEWORTHY IN THIS STORY

A PROLOGUE IN VERSE

CHAPTER I OF SIGI, THE SON OF ODIN

CHAPTER II OF THE BIRTH OF VOLSUNG, THE SON OF RERIR, WHO WAS THE SON OF SIGI

CHAPTER III OF THE SWORD THAT SIGMUND, VOLSUNG'S SON, DREW FROM THE BRANSTOCK

CHAPTER IV HOW KING SIGGEIR WEDDED SIGNY, AND BADE KING VOLSUNG AND HIS SON TO GOTHLAND

CHAPTER V OF THE SLAYING OF KING VOLSUNG

CHAPTER VI OF HOW SINGNY SENT THE CHILDREN OF HER AND SIGGEIR TO SIGMUND

CHAPTER VII OF THE BIRTH OF SINFJOTLI THE SON OF SIGMUND

CHAPTER VIII THE DEATH OF KING SIGGEIR AND OF SIGNY

CHAPTER IX HOW HELGI THE SON OF SIGMUND, WON KING HODBROD AND HIS REALM, AND WEDDED SIGRUN

CHAPTER X THE ENDING OF SINFJOTLI, SIGMUND'S SON

CHAPTER XI OF KING SIGMUND'S LAST BATTLE, AND OF HOW HE MUSST YIELD UP HIS SWORD AGAIN

CHAPTER XII OF THE SHARDS OF THE SWORD GRAM, AND HOW HJORDIS WENT TO KING ALF

CHAPTER XIII OF THE BIRTH AND WAXING OF SIGURD FAFNIR'S-BANE

CHAPTER XIV REGIN'S TALE OF HIS BROTHERS, AND OF THE GOLD CALLED ANDVARI'S HOARD

CHAPTER XV OF THE WELDING TOGETHER OF THE SHARDS OF THE SWORD GRAM

CHAPTER XVI THE PROPHECY OF GRIFIR

CHAPTER XVII OF SIGURD'S AVENGING OF SIGMUND HIS FATHER

CHAPTER XVIII OF THE SLAYING OF THE WORM FAFNIR

CHAPTER XIX OF THE SLAYING OF REGIN, SON OF HREIDMAR

CHAPTER XX OF SIGURD'S MEETING WITH BRYNHILD ON THE MOUNTAIN

CHAPTER XXI MORE WISE WORDS OF BRYNHILD

CHAPTER XXII OF THE SEMELANCE AND ARRAY OF SIGURD FAFNIR'S-BANE〖This chapter is nearly literally the same as chapter 166 of the Wilkinasaga; Ed.: Perinskiold, Stockholm, 1715.〗

CHAPTER XXIII SIGURD COMES TO HLYMDALE

CHAPTER XXIV SIGURD SEES BRYNHILD AT HLYMDALE

CHAPTER XXV OF THE DREAM OF GUDRUN, GIUKI'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XXVI SIGURD COMES TO THE GIUKINGS AND IS WEDDED TO GUDRUN

CHAPTER XXVII THE WOOING OF BRYNHILD

CHAPTER XXVIII HOW THE QUEENS HELD ANGRY CONVERSE TOGETHER AT THE BATHING

CHAPTER XXIX OF BRYNHILD’S GREAT GRIEF AND MOURNING

CHAPTER XXX OF THE SLAYING OF SIGURD FAFNIR’S-BANE

CHAPTER XXXI OF THE LAMENTATION OF GUDRUN OVER SIGURD DEAD, AS IT IS TOLD IN THE ANCIENT SONGS〖This chapter is the Eddaic poem, called the first Lay of Gudrun, inserted here by the translators.〗

CHAPTER XXXII OF THE ENDING OF BRYNHILD

CHAPTER XXXIII GUDRUN WEDDED TO ATLI

CHAPTER XXXIV ATLI BIDS THE GIUKINGS TO HIM

CHAPTER XXXV THE DREAMS OF THE WIVES OF THE GIUKINGS

CHAPTER XXXVI OF THE JOURNEY OF THE GIUKINGS TO KING ATLI

CHAPTER XXXVII THE BATTLE IN THE BURG OF KING ATLI

CHAPTER XXXVIII OF THE SLAYING OF THE GIUKINGS

CHAPTER XXXIX THE END OF ATLI AND HIS KIN AND FOLK

CHAPTER XL HOW GUDRUN CAST HERSELF INTO THE SEA, BUT WAS BROUGHT ASHORE AGAIN

CHAPTER XLI OF THE WEDDING AND SLAYING OF SWANHILD

CHAPTER XLII GUDRUN SENDS HER SONS TO AVENGE SWANHILD

CHAPTER XLIII THE LATTER END OF ALL THE KIN OF THE GIUKINGS

CERTAIN SONGS FROM THE ELDER EDDA

PART OF THE SECOND LAY OF HELGI HUNDING'S-BANE〖Only that part of the song is given which completes the episode of Helgi Hunding's-bane; the earlier part of the song differs little from the Saga.〗

PART OF THE LAY OF SIGRDRIFA〖This continues the first part of the lay given in Chap. xx. of the Saga and is, in fact, the original verse of Chap. xxi.〗

THE LAY CALLED THE SHORT LAY OF SIGURD

THE HELL-RIDE OF BRYNHILD

FRAGMENTS OF THE LAY OF BRYNHILD

THE SECOND OR ANCIENT LAY OF GUDRUN

THE SONG OF ATLI

THE WHETTING OF GUDRUN

THE LAY OF HAMDIR

THE LAMENT OF ODDRUN

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