SOURCE: Anderson, George K. “Introduction.” In The “Saga of the Volsungs”: Together with Excerpts from the “Nornageststháttr” and Three Chapters from the “Prose Edda,” pp. 21-53. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1982.
In the following excerpt, Anderson explores the dating, literary sources, and cultural origins and permutations of the Volsunga Saga.
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