The "Völsunga saga" tells the fullest version of Brunhild's life in the Scandinavian tradition, explaining many unclear references found in the "Poetic Edda". It follows the plot given in the "Poetic Edda" fairly closely, although there is no indication that the author knew the other text. The author appears to have been working in Norway and to have known the "Thidrekssaga" (c. 1250), a translation of continental Germanic traditions into Old Norse (see ). Therefore, the "Völsunga Saga" is dated to sometime in the second half of the thirteenth century. The saga is connected to a second saga, "Ragnars saga Loðbrókar", which follows it in the manuscript, by having Ragnar Lodbrok marry Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild.