As divided in most editions the poems connected with the Volsung cycle, including the two on Ermanric, are fifteen in number: Page 53
Gripisspa.
Reginsmal, Fafnismal, Sigrdrifumal, a continued narrative compiled from different sources.
Sigurd Fragment, on the death of Sigurd.
First Gudrun Lay, on Gudrun's mourning, late.
Short Sigurd Lay (called Long Brynhild Lay in the Corpus Poeticum; sometimes called Third Sigurd Lay). style late.
Brynhild's Hellride, a continuation of the preceding.
Second, or Old, Gudrun Lay, is also late. It contains more kennings than are usual in Eddic poetry, and the picture of Gudrun's sojourn in Denmark and the tapestry she wrought with Thora Halfdan's daughter, together with the descriptions of her suitors, belong to a period which had a taste for colour and elaboration of detail.
Third Gudrun Lay, or the Ordeal of Gudrun (after her marriage to Atli), is romantic in character. The Gothic hero Thjodrek (Dietrich) is introduced.
Oddrun's Lament, in which Gunnar's death is caused by an intrigue with Atli's sister Oddrun, marks the disintegration of the Volsung legend.