Völsunga saga

Summary

Völsunga saga is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Völsunga saga's instance of is recorded as literary work^[3].
• Völsunga saga's genre is recorded as saga^[4].
• Völsunga saga's genre is recorded as prose^[5].
• Völsunga saga's GND ID is recorded as 4188485-1^[6].
• Völsunga saga's part of is recorded as legendary sagas^[7].
• Völsunga saga's Commons category is recorded as Völsunga saga^[8].
• Völsunga saga's language of work or name is recorded as Old Icelandic^[9].
• Völsunga saga's publication date is recorded as +1250-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Völsunga saga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j83v^[11].
• Völsunga saga's has edition or translation is recorded as The Story of the Volsungs^[12].
• Völsunga saga's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Volsunga-saga^[13].
• Völsunga saga's title is recorded as {'lang': 'is', 'text': 'Völsunga saga'}^[14].
• Völsunga saga's different from is recorded as Völsung Cycle^[15].
• Völsunga saga's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Vǫlsunga_saga^[16].
• Völsunga saga's ARLIMA ID is recorded as 5382^[17].
• Völsunga saga's derivative work is recorded as Der Ring des Nibelungen^[18].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as deity cares for favorite individuals^[19].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as bird as adviser^[20].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as birds tell a secret^[21].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as bird language^[22].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as medicine shown by animal^[23].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as girl exchanges form with sorceress in order to visit her brother and get a son by him^[24].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as transformation: human to otter^[25].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as transformation: human to pike^[26].
• Völsunga saga's narrative motif is recorded as transformation by putting on skin^[27].

Why It Matters

Völsunga saga ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]