The Poetic Edda on Volsungasaga
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- attestation: The passage describes violence or death involving Volsungasaga.
"There was doubtless a poem on this battle, for the Volsungasaga quotes two lines spoken by the dying Sigmund to Hjordis before he tells her to give the pieces of his broken sword to their unborn son."
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- attestation: Volsungasaga is characterized by age in the verse.
"Such, briefly, appears to have been the development of the legend before it came into Norway. Here it underwent many changes, though the clear marks of its southern origin were never obliterated. The names"
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attribution: The Volsungasaga condenses the birds' passage into a single bird directing Sigurth to Hindarfjoll where Brynhild sleeps
"In the Volsungasaga the whole passage is condensed into a few words by one bird: "Wiser were it if he should then ride up on Hindarfjoll, where Brynhild sleeps, and there would he get much wisdom.""
attestation: The Volsungasaga follows the Atlamol in including the skull-cups incident
"The Volsungasaga follows the Atlamol in including this incident."
attestation: Stanzas 17 and 18 are very likely later interpolations, though the Volsungasaga compilers knew them
"Stanzas 17 and 18 are very likely later interpolations, although the compilers of the Volsungasaga knew them as they stand here."
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attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Volsungasaga, Sigurth.
"17. Charms: the wearing of amulets was very common. Gungnir: Othin's spear, made by the dwarfs, which he occasionally lent to heroes to whom he granted victory. Grani: Sigurth's horse; the Volsungasaga has "giantesses'.""
attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Volsungasaga.
"17. Charms: the wearing of amulets was very common. Gungnir: Othin's spear, made by the dwarfs, which he occasionally lent to heroes to whom he granted victory. Grani: Sigurth's horse; the Volsungasaga has "giantesses'.""
relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Volsungasaga and Sigurth.
"17. Charms: the wearing of amulets was very common. Gungnir: Othin's spear, made by the dwarfs, which he occasionally lent to heroes to whom he granted victory. Grani: Sigurth's horse; the Volsungasaga has "giantesses'.""
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- attestation: The passage provides naming or identification for Volsungasaga.
"The narrative, from the point at which the so-called Sigrdrifumol breaks off to that at which the Brot takes it up, is given with considerable detail in the Volsungasaga."