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Volsunga Saga

The Volsunga Saga is a late 13th century Icelandic prose rendition of the story of Sigurd and Brynhild, and the destruction of the Burgundians. It is largely based on epic poetry.

A full text translation of the Volsunga Saga by is at the University of California, Berkeley's Online Medieval and Classical Library (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/)

Read the Volsunga Saga here: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Volsunga/

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