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Völsung Cycle

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Mythological material in this cycle includes some twenty Edda poems and the Völsunga saga. It covers much of the same subject matter as the Middle High German epic poem Nibelungenlied.

Contemporary English influence

Material from the cycle was translated into English by such figures as Andrew Lang and Edward Thomas, and had a significant impact on the thought and writings of the Inklings.

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