Tolkien's version of the great legend of Northern antiquity. In the first part, we follow the adventures of Sigurd, the slayer of Fafnir, and his betrothal to the Valkyrie Brynhild. In the second, the tragedy mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún.

Introduction. The "Elder Edda" by J.R.R. Tolkien ; Introductory notes -- Völsungakviºa en nýja ("The new lay of the Völsungs") -- Commentary on Völsungakviºa en nýja -- Guºrúnarkviºa en nýja ("The new lay of Gudrún") -- Commentary on Guºrúnarkviºa en nýja. Völsungakviºa en nýja (The new lay of the Völsungs') -- Guºrúnarkviºa en nýja (The new lay of Gudrún').