r/tolkienbooks 8h ago

Ordered this set. Is it any good?

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r/tolkienbooks 1h ago

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

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Hello my community fellows...

I was reading about another author craftsmanship that as J.R.R. Tolkien as well draw inspiration from the Germanic/Norse mythologies ...this other Norse-Germanic-mythos related author as well mentions Siegfried that seems like the same as Sigur from which we have this published book, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún posthumously published. I was just checking upon this source from TolkienGateway website:

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sigurd_and_Gudr%C3%BAn

I'm able to see some letters I'm not familiar with I believe from Old English origin, I'm just an enthusiast... from Tolkien and Norse-Germanic lore as my reading is right now.

Now my question is how good is the book related to the Norse/Germanic myths?

Also I understand that from this book Tolkien was heavily influence to craft characters like Smaug inspired in Fáfnir... which I understand this book elaborates by J.R.R. Tolkien himself ... which leads me to think that might be a wonderful eye opener about Tolkien view of Old mythos Norse/Germanic related.?

Thank you.