#volsungs

[nocnitsa]

Herman Hendrick-  Sigurd and Fafnir

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[godzilla-reads]

Book of the Day

“The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer” translated by Jesse L. Byock

[noxparadox]

Sigurd slaying Fafnir 

[hhimring]

Sigurd & Gudrun read-along: 2nd week

This week (13-19 April) we will be reading another chunk of The Lay of the Volsungs from The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun on the sigurd-and-gudrun-reading channel of the SWG Discord: sections II - V, with the relevant part of Commentary on the Lay of the Volsungs. Please do join the read-along at any time during the week, even if you weren’t around for the first week! You can comment in the channel at any time it suits you. The sections for this week: Section II: "Signy" Section III: “The Death of Sinfjotli” Section IV: "Sigurd Born" Section V: "Regin" In section II and III we follow the doom-ridden fate of earlier members of the royal family of the Volsungs before Sigurd. In section IV and V, Sigurd himself is born and kills the dragon, Fafnir, getting himself involved in the curse that lies on the dragon’s hoard.

We started the discussion and so far have been focussing on Signy especially: male relatives that really should have listened to you and a marriage that was a really bad idea, also  women and magic and revenge in the Germanic tradition. If you’re interested in these subjects, have a look!

[lich-loved]

kill your heroes. sigurd the dragonslayer thidrek's saga

[keelahselai]

3, 14, 30, and 47 c:

3. What position do you normally sleep in?

On my side, or very rarely on my stomach. And I cuddle up to a pillow qqq.

14. Do you prefer to read poetry, write poetry or neither?

Uh, I’ve written a couple of short “poems” I guess on my Final Fantasy XIV blog, for like character description / depth. But I prefer to read. But I’m not very big on poems either. I’m more of a quote kind of gal.

30. How’s the weather right now?

Well in New Zealand it’s summer but it’s not as hot and humid today as it has been lately. Sunny with a bit of clouds so far, maybe a shower later, it’s only mid morning so it will be icky and humid this arvo.

47. What’s your favourite series of books?

Ahhhh, Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn. I read most of them as a teen. (lmao showing my age..)

I actually own most of them except for the very last one. I have them in hardback. I need to re-read the series it’s been nearly 10 years since I last read them.

[delsinsfire]

Also, if that anon has time on their hands, I highly suggest watching EpicNameBro's playthrough of bloodborne. He worked on the official guide for bloodborne and dks 2 and he makes a lot of good lore points in all of his souls game playthroughs... his channel was part of the reason i got into souls games. c:

Definitely! So, if you’re into Let’s Play-like videos then watch these.Might be a bit longer, but you’ll get a lot of Insight :D

[kandros]

54 and 57 c:

54: smth thats worrying me at the moment

im scared that since i dont read as much as i used to, im missing out on so much & that all of my friends who DO read are ahead of me, like, idk, intellectually or smth. i feel bad when my friends are having a discussion on things and im like 80% always the person who has no idea what its about and has nothing to contribute. im worried that ill never be as creative

57: favorite animal(s)

hedgehogs!! sloths!! cats!!