Ancrene Wisse

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (works not included). Pages: 25. Chapters: Books by J. R. R. Tolkien, Collections of works by J. R. R. Tolkien, Essays by J. R. R. Tolkien, Poetry by J. R. R. Tolkien, Short stories by J. R. R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle, On Fairy-Stories, Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography, Finn and Hengest, Unfinished Tales, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The History of Middle-earth, Roverandom, Songs for the Philologists, Mythopoeia, Sigelwara Land, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, English and Welsh, The Father Christmas Letters, A Secret Vice, Tales from the Perilous Realm, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, Mr. Bliss, The Devil's Coach Horses, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, Tree and Leaf, Beowulf and the Critics, The Tolkien Reader, A Tolkien Miscellany, Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiohad. Excerpt: The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun is a narrative poem composed by J. R. R. Tolkien. The book was released worldwide on May 5, 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and HarperCollins. Written by Tolkien during the 1920s and the 1930s, inspired by the legend of Sigurd and the fall of the Niflungs from Norse mythology. It is composed in a form of alliterative verse inspired by the traditional poetry of the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century. Christopher Tolkien has added copious notes and commentary upon his father's work. After the creation of the Nine Worlds by the Aesir, the walls of Asgard are besieged by an army of jotunns and trolls. Wielding the hammer Mjollnir, Thor succeeds in driving these, "foes immortal," back to Jotunheim. However, there are new perils to come. A female seer prophesies the apocalyptic battle of Ragnarok and speaks of how Odin shall be slain by the wolf Fenrir and Thor by the Midgard serpent....