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Originally written in Icelandic in the 13th hundred years Advertising by an anonymous author, The Storyline from the Volsungs is a legendary saga based on Norse mythology. The epic explains the legendary background and heroic feats of several generations of mythic Viking people and derives from many options, including preexisting Edda, or heroic poems, Norse legends, historical events, and orally transmitted folklore. The saga is imbued throughout with topics of electricity, jealousy, love, vengeance, and fear. Often considered a critical impact on such later works as Richard Wagner's Wedding ring Pattern and J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Jewelry trilogy, The Storyline of the Volsungs is a robust epic that continues to resonate for modern listeners. This edition---which includes excerpts from the Poetic Eddas, one of the resources of The Storyline of the Volsungs---is the translation by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson.
