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Volsungasaga, part 4
Apr. 16th, 2014 10:59 amThe Saga of the Volsungs, chapters 23 through 31. It's early this week because I won't be at home this weekend.
In which we meet the Gjukungs (King Gjuki, his wife Grimhild, and their children Gunnar, Hogni, Guttorm, and Gudrun), there's a somewhat evil magic potion, some extremely casual shapeshifting, Sigurd and Brynhild both get married (but not to each other), magic stops working at an extremely inconvenient time, Gudrun and Brynhild kind of don't get along, and everything is terrible forever. This segment does not end on the triumphant note the last one did. Surprisingly, Odin does not appear even once in this section.
The Gjukungs are pretty my much favorites, you guys, especially Gudrun. Gudrun is awesome.
A few things that might need explaining:
- In chapter 24, we're told that Brynhild and Bekkhild have those names because of their personalities. The element "hild" in a name means "battle", so Brynhild's name means something like "byrnie-battle" while Bekkhild's is "bench-battle". Thus, Bekkhild is the one who stays at home, while Brynhild will totally stab you in the face.
- Atli, Bryhild's brother? That's kinda sorta maybe Attila the Hun. A bit.
Enjoy! (As always, previous segments can be found here.)
In which we meet the Gjukungs (King Gjuki, his wife Grimhild, and their children Gunnar, Hogni, Guttorm, and Gudrun), there's a somewhat evil magic potion, some extremely casual shapeshifting, Sigurd and Brynhild both get married (but not to each other), magic stops working at an extremely inconvenient time, Gudrun and Brynhild kind of don't get along, and everything is terrible forever. This segment does not end on the triumphant note the last one did. Surprisingly, Odin does not appear even once in this section.
The Gjukungs are pretty my much favorites, you guys, especially Gudrun. Gudrun is awesome.
A few things that might need explaining:
- In chapter 24, we're told that Brynhild and Bekkhild have those names because of their personalities. The element "hild" in a name means "battle", so Brynhild's name means something like "byrnie-battle" while Bekkhild's is "bench-battle". Thus, Bekkhild is the one who stays at home, while Brynhild will totally stab you in the face.
- Atli, Bryhild's brother? That's kinda sorta maybe Attila the Hun. A bit.
Enjoy! (As always, previous segments can be found here.)
