Description
| Product ID: | 9780140447385 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Saga of the Volsungs |
| Subtitle: | The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer |
| Authors: | Author: Jesse Byock |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays, Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Myth & legend told as fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Combines mythology, legend and human drama. This book focuses on the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. It incorporates strands from the oral narratives of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire. The epic Viking Age stories that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and Wagner''s Ring cycle |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1999-05-27 |
