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

“the Rhine river shall rule over the gold, rather than that the Huns shall bear it on the hands of them.”

Anonymous (Old Norse) (spoken by Gunnar)

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

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Shown Hogni's heart, Gunnar knows he alone now holds the secret of the hoard and refuses Atli for ever.

Citation: "the Rhine river shall rule over the gold, rather than that the Huns shall bear it on the hands of them." — Anonymous (Old Norse), The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga), Chapter XXXVIII, trans. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris. (id volsunga-saga-q7)

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

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