"Ulrikke" (original Spanish title: "Ulrica") is a short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, collected in the anthology The Book of Sand. It is notable because it is one of the few of Borges' stories in which women and sex play a central role. The story begins with an epigraph quoting a verse of Chapter 27 of Volsunga saga, "Hann tekr sverðit Gram ok leggr i meðal þeira bert", which means: "He takes the sword Gram and lays it bare between them". The short story is about a meeting between Ulrica, a Norwegian woman, and a Colombian teacher, Javier Otárola (who tells the story), in York. In this meeting, the couple falls in love with each other and takes possession of the names of the heroes of the legendary saga contained in the epigraph: Brynhild and Sigurd, respectively.
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| - "Ulrica" es un cuento del escritor argentino Jorge Luis Borges que integra El libro de arena, colección de cuentos y relatos publicada en 1975. Además el cuento integra el "Libro de sueños" publicado el mismo año por Borges. Se trata del segundo cuento de ese volumen y representa una curiosidad: es el único relato de amor que publicó Borges. (es)
- "Ulrikke" (original Spanish title: "Ulrica") is a short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, collected in the anthology The Book of Sand. It is notable because it is one of the few of Borges' stories in which women and sex play a central role. The story begins with an epigraph quoting a verse of Chapter 27 of Volsunga saga, "Hann tekr sverðit Gram ok leggr i meðal þeira bert", which means: "He takes the sword Gram and lays it bare between them". The short story is about a meeting between Ulrica, a Norwegian woman, and a Colombian teacher, Javier Otárola (who tells the story), in York. In this meeting, the couple falls in love with each other and takes possession of the names of the heroes of the legendary saga contained in the epigraph: Brynhild and Sigurd, respectively. (en)
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| - "Ulrica" es un cuento del escritor argentino Jorge Luis Borges que integra El libro de arena, colección de cuentos y relatos publicada en 1975. Además el cuento integra el "Libro de sueños" publicado el mismo año por Borges. Se trata del segundo cuento de ese volumen y representa una curiosidad: es el único relato de amor que publicó Borges. Su epígrafe cita unos versos del capítulo 27 de la Saga Volsunga, "Hann tekr sverthit Gram okk / legger i methal theira bert", que significan: "Él tomó su espada Gram y colocó el metal desnudo entre los dos". Esta cita, que cumple un papel importante en el cuento, se encuentra reproducida en el dorso de la lápida de Borges, en la ciudad de Ginebra. Los versos hacen referencia al héroe Sigurd, que debe compartir su lecho con Brynhild, quien es pretendida por su cuñado. Para no tocarla, coloca entre ambos su espada, llamada Gram. Cuando años después Brynhild hace matar a Sigurd y se suicida para yacer en su misma pira funeraria, entre los dos cuerpos vuelve a estar la espada desnuda. (es)
- "Ulrikke" (original Spanish title: "Ulrica") is a short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, collected in the anthology The Book of Sand. It is notable because it is one of the few of Borges' stories in which women and sex play a central role. The story begins with an epigraph quoting a verse of Chapter 27 of Volsunga saga, "Hann tekr sverðit Gram ok leggr i meðal þeira bert", which means: "He takes the sword Gram and lays it bare between them". The short story is about a meeting between Ulrica, a Norwegian woman, and a Colombian teacher, Javier Otárola (who tells the story), in York. In this meeting, the couple falls in love with each other and takes possession of the names of the heroes of the legendary saga contained in the epigraph: Brynhild and Sigurd, respectively. Both the epigraph and the name of the protagonists are inscripted in Borges's grave, in Geneva.
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