The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
By: J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien
Contributors: Tolkien, Christopher
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780007317233; 9780007317240
Subjects: Edda; Kriemhild (Legendary character); Englisch; Rezeption; Lyrik; Siegfried (Legendary character)
Description: Tolkien's version of the great legend of Northern antiquity. In the first part, we follow the adventures of Sigurd, the slayer of Fafnir, and his betrothal to the Valkyrie Brynhild. In the second, the tragedy mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún.
Table of contents: title: Völsungakviða en nýja = The new lay of the Völsungs; title: Guðrúnarkviða en nýja = The new lay of Gudrún.