TY - BOOK AU - Tolkien, J. R. R. AU - Tolkien, Christopher. TI - The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún SN - 9780547273426 AV - PR6039.O32 L44 2009 U1 - 821.912 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KW - Siegfried (Legendary character) KW - Kriemhild (Legendary character) KW - Legends KW - Scandinavia KW - Fantasy poetry KW - fast KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - "First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers, 2009."; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction. The "Elder Edda" by J.R.R. Tolkien ; Introductory notes -- Völsungakviða en nýja ("The new lay of the Völsungs") -- Commentary on Völsungakviða en nýja -- Guðrúnarkviða en nýja ("The new lay of Gudrún") -- Commentary on Guðrúnarkviða en nýja; Völsungakviða en nýja (The new lay of the Völsungs') --; Guðrúnarkviða en nýja (The new lay of Gudrún') N2 - 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 ER -