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Identifier: oldnorsestories00brad (find matches)
Title: Old Norse stories
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bradish, Sarah Powers
Subjects: Mythology, Norse
Publisher: New York : American Book Co.
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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repare for her wedding. II. THE WEDDING DAY On Midsummer eve, Siggeir came to the land ofthe Volsungs. The wedding guests had assembledbeneath the Branstock, and Volsung and his sonswent out to meet the bridegroom, who stood byKing Volsung, as the bramble by the oak. Thetop of his helmet did not reach the shoulder ofthe smallest of the Volsungs. But they paid himthe honor due a great king, and Signys promisedhusband. The next day, Signy sat beside Siggeir at thebanquet. She was young and fair; he was oldand wrinkled. She was tall and straight; he wasshort and bent. She was calm and silent; he wasthe noisiest of the guests. Sigmund, the youngestof Volsungs sons, watched the ill-mated pair, andunderstood his sisters unhappiness. He longedto send the bridegroom away, but dared not breakthe Volsung word. Siggeir understood how hewas esteemed by this young brother; but thefather was blind to everything but the comingglory of the Volsung race. They were feasting under the Branstock; stories
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126 had been told about gods and heroes; and an oldsea king was playing on a harp of gold, and sing-ing of the lighting of the stars and the creationof the world. All were intent upon the music,when a clap of thunder shook the hall, and a manentered the door. He was very old, and had butone eye; yet his presence was commanding. Hewore a broad-brimmed hat of blue, and a cloud-gray cloak. He carried on his shoulder a heavyspear, that glittered in the sunlight. Volsungknew that this man was Odin, King Sigis father,the ruler of the world. Odin went straight to theBranstock, without speaking a word. He drew asword from the folds of his cloud cloak, and struckit deep into the heart of the oak. Then he turnedand addressed the Goths and the Volsungs. 11 There, in the Branstock, is a blade of greatworth, he said, which is my gift to the man whocan pluck it out. It will never fail him, so long ashis own heart is brave and true. Then he with-drew as quickly and as quietly as he had come in. III.

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