false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234724858m/593109.jpg 593109 7 One of the great books of world literature--an unforgettable tale of jealousy, unrequited love, greed, and vengeance. <br><br>Based on Viking Age poems and composed in thirteenth-century Iceland, <i>The Saga of the Volsungs</i> combines mythology, legend, and sheer human drama in telling of the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer, who acquires runic knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. Yet the saga is set in a very human world, incorporating oral memories of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman empire. In his illuminating Introduction Jesse L. Byock links the historical Huns, Burgundians, and Goths with the extraordinary events of this Icelandic saga. With its ill-fated Rhinegold, the sword reforged, and the magic ring of power, the saga resembles the <i>Nibelungenlied</i> and has been a primary source for such fantasy writers as J. R. R. Tolkien and for Richard Wagner's <i>Ring</i> cycle.<br><br>Translated with an Introduction, Notes, and Glossary by Jesse L. Byock. 180373 1 1 2000 The Saga of the Volsungs (Penguin Classics) total:165|5:58|4:65|3:34|2:5|1:3| 165 665 233 19 593109 0140447385 9780140447385 162 19 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234724858m/593109.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/593109.The_Saga_of_the_Volsungs 2 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 06:32:08 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 06:34:32 -0700 2007 593109 0140447385 9780140447385 162 19 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234724858m/593109.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/593109.The_Saga_of_the_Volsungs 5 0 false Wed Feb 13 07:13:03 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 05 16:51:52 -0800 2009 It's one of the legendary sagas, as opposed to the family sagas, which means that it includes magic and dragons and dwarfs and so forth. Gods and men...more...]]> 593109 0140447385 9780140447385 162 19 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234724858m/593109.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/593109.The_Saga_of_the_Volsungs 3 0 false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 17:21:38 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 17:30:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 593109 0140447385 9780140447385 162 19 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234724858m/593109.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/593109.The_Saga_of_the_Volsungs 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:24:55 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:27:44 -0700 2009 Nibelungenlied. I didn't like it as much as I like other sagas; it's an older Norse saga so things happen more often without real reason or motivation than I'm comfortable with. 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