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Сага о Волсунгах – одна из самых известных исландских саг, принадлежащая к «Сагам о древних временах». Классический образец исландского эпоса, в котором мифология смешивается до однородности с историческими событиями, позволяет составить впечатление об образе мысли, обычаях и устройстве раннего исландского общества. Перевод саги, комментарии и подробный анализ эпоса, приведенные в книге, выполнены филологом и переводчиком Борисом Исааковичем Ярхо. Для широкого круга читателей.

Legendary fantasy writer J.R.R.Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating, and teaching the ancient tales of northern Europe at Oxford and drew on them for his own writing. These epic stories, with their wizards and knights, dragons and trolls, cursed rings and magic swords, are as fascinating today as they were thousands of year ago. Reading them brings us as close as we will ever get to the magical worlds of the Vikings and the origins of their twentieth-century counterpart: Tolkien's Middle Earth. Based on Viking Age poems and composed in thirteenth-century Iceland, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend, and…

Atrove of traditional lore, this Icelandic prose epic tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragon slayer Sigurd the Volsung. The Saga of the Volsungs is of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon it in writing his Ring cycle. With its motifs of a magical ring acquired by the hero and a sword to be reforged, the saga has also been a primary source for writers of fantasy such as J. R. R. Tolkien and romantics such as William Morris. Byocks comprehensive introduction explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches…

One of the great books of world literature - an unforgettable tale of jealousy, unrequited love, greed, and vengeance. Based on Viking Age poems and composed in thirteenth-century Iceland, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend, and sheer human drama in telling of the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer, who acquires runic knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. Yet the saga is set in a very human world, incorporating oral memories of the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun and other warriors fought on the northern frontiers of the Roman empire. In his illuminating Introduction Jesse L.Byock links the…

The epic Viking Age stories that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and Wagner's Ring cycle Written in thirteenth-century Iceland but based on ancient Norse poetry cycles, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama. It tells of the cursed treasure of the Rhine, a sword reforged and a magic ring of power, and at its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer, who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. One of the great books of world literature, the saga is an unforgettable tale of princely jealousy, unrequited love, greed, vengeance and the downfall of a dynasty.

Сага о Волсунгах — одна из самых известных исландских саг, принадлежащая к «Сагам о древних временах». Классический образец исландского эпоса, в котором мифология смешивается до однородности с историческими событиями, позволяет составить впечатление об образе мысли, обычаях и устройстве раннего исландского общества. Перевод саги, комментарии и подробный анализ эпоса, приведенные в книге, выполнены филологом и переводчиком Борисом Исааковичем Ярхо. Для широкого круга читателей.