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Quotation from The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) by Anonymous (Old Norse)

“none may fight against his fate and prevail.”

Anonymous (Old Norse) (spoken by Sigurd)

The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga), Chapter XXX, trans. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris

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Mortally wounded by Guttorm, Sigurd speaks to Gudrun of the prophecy he had always known and insists he never wronged Gunnar.

Citation: "none may fight against his fate and prevail." — Anonymous (Old Norse), The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga), Chapter XXX, trans. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris. (id volsunga-saga-q6)

Portrait: Sigurd kills Fafnir, Arthur Rackham, Public domain.

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