LibGuides: Medieval and Renaissance Literature: If you liked Beowulf...

A Slave Takes a Cup from the Dragon's Hoard, from Stories of Beowulf, by H.E. Marshall, 1908, illustrations by J. R. Skelton. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons

A Different Way of Dealing with Dragons

A Different Way of Dealing with Dragons

How to Train Your Dragon by Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois (Directors)
Call Number: DVD 1281 - 5th floor
How to Train Your Dragon 2 by Dean DeBlois (Writer & Director)
Call Number: DVD 1281A -5th floor

Recommendations - Print

Recommendations - Print Books

Saga of the Volsungs by translated by Jesse L. Byrock
Call Number: PT7287 V7 E5 1990 - 2nd floor

This is a 13th century Icelandic retelling of the earlier Germanic story of the Volsung family, the most famous member of which was Sigurd, the slayer of the dragon Fafnir.
Poems of the Elder Edda by translated by Patricia Terry
Call Number: PT7234 E5 1990 - 2nd floor

Among other subjects from Norse mythology, this poetic collection contains versions in alliterative verse of the story of Sigurd the Volsung, the dragon slayer.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Call Number: PR 6039 O32 H6 2001x - 2nd floor

Probably the best known tale of dragon-slaying of modern times, in this novel, Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit, journeys with the dwarves to retrieve their treasure and take vengeance on the evil dragon Smaug.
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien
Call Number: PR6039 O32 L44 2010X - 2nd floor

Publication Date: 2010

Thie book contains Tolkien's version of the Saga of the Volsungs.
Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung by Stewart Spencer & Barry Millington
Call Number: ML50 .W14 R32 2000X - 5th floor, Music Stacks

Publication Date: 2000

The third part of Wagner's "Ring Cycle" tells the story of the dragon slayer, Siegfried. This book is a readable translation of the libretto of Wagner's "Ring," including "Siegfried."
Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane
Call Number: PN6727 T45 R5 1991x - 2nd floor

Publication Date: 1991

A presentation of the Ring Cycle as a graphic novel.
The Saga of Grettir the Strong by Bernard Scudder (Translator)
Call Number: PT7269.G7 E54 2005x - 2nd floor

Publication Date: 2005

The story of an outlaw who is a viking version of a "ghost buster."

Recommendations - EBooks

Recommendations - EBooks

Song of the Nibelungs (The Niberlungenlied) by translated by Burton Raffel
This contains the German version of the story of the dragon slayer, Siegfried (known in Iceland as Sigurd). To read this EBook off-campus, when you click on the title, you will be asked for your Multipass username and password.