The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs

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epic poem literary work poem in English

The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs is a 19th-century epic poem by William Morris that retells the Norse Volsunga saga and related legends in richly archaic English verse.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Völsunga saga	6
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs canonical	1
Völsung–Nibelung cycle	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1730357 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
Context triple: [William Morris, notableWork, The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs]

A. Hildebrandslied
Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.
B. Grettis saga
Grettis saga is a prominent Icelandic saga that recounts the turbulent life, heroic feats, and outlawry of the warrior Grettir Ásmundarson.
C. Laxdæla saga
Laxdæla saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the intertwined lives, feuds, and tragic love stories of several generations of settlers in the Laxárdalur valley.
D. Hild
Hild is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, often considered a variant or short form of names like Hilda that are associated with battle or strength.
E. Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior as he battles monsters and a dragon, and is considered one of the most important works of early English literature.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
Target entity description: The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs is a 19th-century epic poem by William Morris that retells the Norse Volsunga saga and related legends in richly archaic English verse.

A. Hildebrandslied
Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.
B. Grettis saga
Grettis saga is a prominent Icelandic saga that recounts the turbulent life, heroic feats, and outlawry of the warrior Grettir Ásmundarson.
C. Laxdæla saga
Laxdæla saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the intertwined lives, feuds, and tragic love stories of several generations of settlers in the Laxárdalur valley.
D. Hild
Hild is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, often considered a variant or short form of names like Hilda that are associated with battle or strength.
E. Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior as he battles monsters and a dragon, and is considered one of the most important works of early English literature.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epic poem ⓘ literary work ⓘ poem in English ⓘ
author	William Morris ⓘ
basedOn	Germanic heroic legend ⓘ Norse mythology ⓘ The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Völsunga saga
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	William Morris ⓘ
featuresMythicalCreature	dragon Fafnir ⓘ
featuresMythicalObject	Andvari's ring ⓘ
firstPublicationDate	1876 ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ narrative poetry ⓘ
hasSetting	Burgundian court of the Niblungs ⓘ mythic Scandinavia ⓘ
influenced	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ modern fantasy literature ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Brünnhilde ⓘ surface form: Brynhild Kriemhild ⓘ surface form: Grimhild Gudrun ⓘ Gunnar ⓘ Hogni ⓘ Sigurd ⓘ
narrativeForm	verse ⓘ
notableFor	revival of medieval epic form ⓘ richly alliterative verse ⓘ
partOfAuthorCareerPhase	late poetic works of William Morris ⓘ
period	19th century ⓘ
placeOfPublication	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
publisher	Ellis and White ⓘ
relatedWork	Der Ring des Nibelungen ⓘ Nibelungenlied ⓘ surface form: The Nibelungenlied The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Völsunga saga
structure	four books ⓘ
style	archaic English ⓘ
subject	betrayal ⓘ cursed treasure ⓘ dragons ⓘ fate ⓘ heroic legend ⓘ tragic love ⓘ

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