32 min

Episode 34 - Volsunga Saga Part II: To Serve the Boatman Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

    • History

Story time continues with our second installment of the Saga of the Volsungs wherein another character goes to Valhöll without dying in battle, a valkyrie causes countless deaths for her own gain, and Sigmund's magic sword finally receives a name. Don't miss it!

Sources:


“The Saga of the Volsungs”, transl. by Jesse Byock, 2004, supplemented by some of my own translations from the source text
“The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
"The Prose Edda", transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

Contact:


Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com
Join the Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music:

Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Story time continues with our second installment of the Saga of the Volsungs wherein another character goes to Valhöll without dying in battle, a valkyrie causes countless deaths for her own gain, and Sigmund's magic sword finally receives a name. Don't miss it!

Sources:


“The Saga of the Volsungs”, transl. by Jesse Byock, 2004, supplemented by some of my own translations from the source text
“The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
"The Prose Edda", transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

Contact:


Write in: waelhraefn (at) gmail (dot) com
Join the Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/Nvw5hmkRsW⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music:

Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

32 min

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