THE STORY OF THE VOLSUNGS (VOLSUNGA SAGA) with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #29 Originally written in Icelandic (Old Norse) in the thirteenth century A.D., by an unknown hand. However, most of the material is based substantially on previous works, some centuries older. A few of these works have been preserved in the collection of Norse poetry known ...

V luspa-The Song of the Sybil Heidi men call me when their homes I visit, A far seeing Volva, wise in talismans. Caster of spells, cunning in magic. To wicked women welcome always. Arm rings and necklaces, Odhinn you gave me To learn my lore, to learn my magic: Wider and wider through all worlds I see. Outside I sat by myself when you came, Terror of the gods, and gazed in my eyes. What do you ...