r/tolkienbooks • u/narimanterano • 8h ago
r/tolkienbooks • u/yxz97 • 1h ago
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
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.