The Saga of the Volsungs horoscopes the gentle and compassionate Nordic

the gentle and compassionate Nordic god of truth

atmospheric illustrations add an additional dimension of charm

A gothic best-seller with timeless appeal

Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire were a celebrated husband-and-wife team renowned for their matchless talent as storytellers and illustrators

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The Saga of the Volsungs horoscopes the gentle and compassionate NordicFrom the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its membersincluding, among others, the dragon slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.