The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is an narrative poem composed by J. R. R. Tolkien. The book was released worldwide on May 5, 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and HarperCollins.
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, which was written by Tolkien during the 1920s and the 1930s, retells the Norse legend of Sigurd and the fall of the Niflungs. It is composed in a form of alliterative verse inspired by the Skaldic poetry of the Elder Edda. Christopher Tolk...
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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is an narrative poem composed by J. R. R. Tolkien. The book was released worldwide on May 5, 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and HarperCollins.
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, which was written by Tolkien during the 1920s and the 1930s, retells the Norse legend of Sigurd and the fall of the Niflungs. It is composed in a form of alliterative verse inspired by the Skaldic poetry of the Elder Edda. Christopher Tolkien has added copious notes and commentary upon his father's work.
After the creation of the Nine Worlds by the Aesir gods, the walls of Asgard are beseiged by an army of jötunns and trolls. Wielding the hammer Mjöllnir, Thor succeeds in driving these, "foes immortal," back to Jotunheim. However, there are new perils to come.
A female seer prophesies the apocalyptic battle of Ragnarök and speaks of how Odin shall be slain by the wolf Fenrir and Thor by the Midgard serpent. There is but one chance for the doom of the nine worlds to be averted....
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