Völsunga saga

Saga of the Völsungs

Author

Unknown

Language

Old Norse / early Icelandic

Year

late 1200s

Country

Iceland

Genre

Novella / Light Novel

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The Völsunga saga is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan. It is one of the most famous legendary sagas and an example of a "heroic saga" that deals with Germanic heroic legend.