The Legend of Brynhild
1980
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THE definitive (English-language) book on the Volsung-Nibelung cycle of legends. This is good, solid philology not so much a critical analysis of the works but an essential volume on sources, textual transmissions, variations, and so forth. Beside the simple—but very important—fact that the story of the Volsungs and Nibelungs is one of the great tragic-heroic legends of the world, what is unique about studying this cycle is the opportunity it gives us for examining the "same" legend as it manifests itself throughout an all-but bewildering variety of versions, spread over numerous centuries and across several different geographic regions. Andersson's is a fascinating, highly detailed work.
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