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CHAPTER 3: Of <strong>the</strong> Sword that Sigmund Drew from <strong>the</strong> Branstock<br />
1. Siggeir betro<strong>the</strong>d to Signy against her will<br />
2. Odin appears as an old man at <strong>the</strong> marriage feast and sinks a sword into <strong>the</strong> Branstock<br />
3. Failed attempts to dislodge <strong>the</strong> sword<br />
4. Sigmund removes <strong>the</strong> sword readily<br />
5. Siggeir offers to buy it, but Sigmund refuses him, greatly angering Siggeir<br />
CHAPTER 4: How King Siggeir wedded Signy, and bade King Volsung and his Son to Gothland<br />
1. Siggeir and Signy consummate <strong>the</strong>ir marriage<br />
2. Siggeir wishes to depart next day, but Signy does not<br />
3. Siggeir invites <strong>the</strong> Volsungs to visit in three months’ time<br />
CHAPTER 5: Of <strong>the</strong> Slaying of King Volsung<br />
1. Volsung and his sons sail to Siggeir’s land in three ships at <strong>the</strong> appointed time<br />
2. Signy warns <strong>the</strong>m of treachery<br />
3. Siggeir attacks and slays Volsung, capturing his ten sons<br />
4. Signy pleads for her bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
5. The bro<strong>the</strong>rs put in stocks<br />
6. A she-wolf appears at midnight and devours one bro<strong>the</strong>r each night<br />
7. Sigmund slays <strong>the</strong> she-wolf by tearing out its tongue<br />
CHAPTER 6: Of how Signy sent <strong>the</strong> Children of her and Siggeir to Sigmund<br />
1. Sigmund builds an underground house in <strong>the</strong> wild-wood and <strong>the</strong>re dwells through several winters<br />
2. Signy sends her eldest son to help Sigmund<br />
3. Sigmund tests him with <strong>the</strong> meal-sack snake at which he fails<br />
4. Signy deems <strong>the</strong> child must die for cowardice<br />
5. The second son fares likewise<br />
CHAPTER 7: Of <strong>the</strong> Birth of Sinfjotli <strong>the</strong> Son of Sigmund<br />
1. Signy changes shape with a witch-wife<br />
2. Signy fares to Sigmund’s earth-house, begging lodging for <strong>the</strong> night<br />
3. Toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y sleep for three nights in one bed<br />
4. Signy returns home and resumes her former appearance<br />
5. Sinfjotli born<br />
6. Sinfjotli sent to Sigmund at <strong>the</strong> age of ten, being tested by Signy first<br />
7. Sinfjotli passes <strong>the</strong> meal-sack test by kneading <strong>the</strong> snake into <strong>the</strong> flour<br />
CHAPTER 8: The Death of King Siggeir and of Signy<br />
1. Sigmund rears Sinfjotli to manhood through adventures in <strong>the</strong> wild-woods<br />
2. Adventure of <strong>the</strong> wolf-skins
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