MEDIEVAL LITERATURE

Gudrun is another main character of The Saga of the Volsungs. She was the daughter of king Gjúki and his wife, Grimhild. She had three...

Brynhild is another main character of the Völsung saga. She is a shieldmaiden, which means a female warrior in Germanic mythology. Yet we...

Sigurd is the central character in the Völsung saga. The story about Sigurd is a classic myth of dragons, warriors and fate, and Sigurd...

The Völsunga saga (or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th century Icelandic prose rendition of the origin and decline...