The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0547273428
- ISBN: 9780547273426
- ISBN: 0547296282
- ISBN: 9780547296289
- Physical Description: 377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- CATALOG WITH OTHER TOLKIEN WORKS IN FICTION.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction. The "Elder Edda" by J.R.R. Tolkien ; Introductory notes -- Völsungakviða en nýja ("The new lay of the Völsungs") -- Commentary on Völsungakviða en nýja -- Guðrúnarkviða en nýja ("The new lay of Gudrún") -- Commentary on Guðrúnarkviða en nýja.Völsungakviða en nýja (The new lay of the Völsungs') -- Guðrúnarkviða en nýja (The new lay of Gudrún').
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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.
