If the warp-spasm of Cú Chulainn, the Morrígan’s meddling, and the doom-soaked boasts around Medb and Ailill’s cattle raid thrilled you, you’ll savor the fatal grandeur of The Saga of the Volsungs. Sigurd’s dragon-slaying, cursed hoards, and Brynhild’s fateful oath-keeping echo the same archaic intensity—heroes bound by honor and prophecy, and a world where a single vow can set clans and kingdoms ablaze.

Loved the way Cú Chulainn’s ford-duels hold back Medb’s entire host and how gods and spirits shadow the battlefield? The Iliad channels that same pulse: Achilles’ wrath stalls an army as surely as the boy-hero of Ulster, while Hector’s stand calls back those grim single combats by the river. Like the Brown Bull’s war, a personal feud expands into a nation-rattling storm.

If the straightforward drive of Medb’s cattle raid—and Cú Chulainn’s relentless challenge-at-the-ford cadence—hooked you, Beowulf’s purpose-built momentum will land. Beowulf sails to face Grendel, then his vengeful dam, and finally the dragon, with the same fierce clarity that propels the march for the Brown Bull of Cooley.

If the bone-cracking ferocity of Cú Chulainn’s ríastrad and the slaughter along Ulster’s fords gripped you, The Nibelungenlied delivers kindred brutality. Siegfried’s killing, Kriemhild’s inexorable vengeance, and the final hall-battle echo the Táin’s escalation from swaggering challenges to a massacre where oaths and pride have a body count.

If Queen Medb’s cunning negotiations with Fergus, her pillow-talk arms race with Ailill, and her iron will in the drive for the Brown Bull captivated you, The Witch’s Heart will resonate. Angrboda—lover of Loki and mother of monsters—navigates love, power, and prophecy with Medb-like resolve, reshaping the fates of gods as decisively as Medb reshapes the map of Ireland.