The Saga of the Volsungs horoscopes tinge much European literature and

tinge much European literature and music

and coloured green to match the scent and colour of our idunn rune wax melts

A gothic best-seller with timeless appeal

atmospheric illustrations add an additional dimension of charm

The Saga of the Volsungs horoscopes tinge much European literature andFrom the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its membersincluding, among others, the dragon slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.