Volsung Cycle

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Volsung Cycle
Volsunga saga
Poetic Edda
Norna-Gests þáttr
Skáldskaparmál
Artifacts
Andvarinaut
Gram
Dwarves
Andvari
Hreidmar
Ótr
Regin
Dragon
Fafnir
People
Volsung
Sigmund
Signy
Sinfjötli
Helgi Hundingsbane
Sigurd
Brynhild
Gudrun
Attila
Gunnar
Locations
Gautland
Hunaland
Related
Nibelungenlied
Þiðrekssaga
Hagbard and Signy

The Völsung Cycle is a series of legends in Norse mythology that were first recorded in medieval Iceland. The original Icelandic tales were greatly expanded with native Scandinavian traditions, such as that of Helgi Hundingsbane, which, in turn, originally appears to have been a separate tradition the Ylfings.

The Völsung Cycle is based on the same subject matter as the Middle High German epic poem Niebelungenlied.

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