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Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
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Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

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William Morris's The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs is an epic poem based on Old Norse sagas. It retells the Northern version of the tale of Sigurd, grandson of Volsung, which is also found in the German epic Nibelungenlied. The poem details Sigurd's heroic deeds, his love for Brynhild, and the tragic downfall of the Nibelungs (Burgundians). Morris's work is noted for its powerful narrative and its connection to ancient Germanic heroic poetry. This epic is considered his principal poetic achievement, written after extensive study of the sagas in their original Old Norse.1234

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  1. William Morris
  2. fornaldarsǫgur
  3. Vǫlsunga saga
  4. The Defence of Guenevere
  5. Nibelungenlied

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