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figures from the genre of minstrel epic are generally not included unless they are commonly discussed in secondary sources dealing with heroic epic in medieval Germany. gods and deities Although this list excludes Germanic deities , it includes other entities stemming from Germanic folklore that appear in the legends (such as valkyries , dwarfs ...
Attempts have been made to connect them to the deities known as the Alcis as well. [5] The name is the plural of the Odinic hero Haddingus, [6] see below. They appear in Norse traditions of Germanic heroic poetry. They were the youngest of twelve brothers and it was only when they were together that they had the strength of a single man. [6]
Appears to derive from the Russian heroic figure Ilya Muromets. [3] Uncle of Ortnit. He helps Ortnit in his question to acquire a bride from the heathen king Machorel; Ortnit is forced to prevent him from killing prisoners, women, and children after combat. In the Þiðreks saga, he is the brother of Oserich. [3] Ortnit, Þiðreks saga: Ilsan
King of the Huns and a central figure of Germanic heroic legend. [202] Son of Buðli 1 (Botelung). In Norse tradition, brother of Brunhild. In German tradition brother of Bleda. In the Nibelungenlied after his marriage to Kriemhild, Attila invites the Burgundian kings to visit. Kriemhild arranges for fighting to break out, resulting in the ...
Hagen kills Siegfried while the Burgundian kings Gunther, Giselher, and Gernot watch. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1847.. Germanic heroic legend (German: germanische Heldensage) is the heroic literary tradition of the Germanic-speaking peoples, most of which originates or is set in the Migration Period (4th-6th centuries AD).
German Attestations Tanastus Latin: Tanastus: The etymology is uncertain. [1] The first element may be related to ON dana-("Dane"), Low German dane ("swamp"), or it may be from PGmc danwō ("fir tree") or *dannio ("spruce tree"), a material from which weapons were made. [2] The eleventh warrior of Gunther killed by Walter of Aquitaine. He comes ...
[223] [224] Hunlaf was a well-known hero in Anglo-Saxon legends, as is shown by the mentioning of him among the other Germanic heroes Wudga, Hama, Hrothulf, Hengest and Horsa, in the manuscript MS Cotton Vesp D. IV. (fol 139 b). [224] Finnsburg Fragment, Beowulf: Skjöldunga saga: Hunolt Middle High German: Hûnolt
Middle High German: Dietrîch von Kriechen, possibly Old Norse: Þiðrekr Valdemarsson: Theodoric Strabo has been suggested as the origin of this figure. [30] See Dietrich von Bern. In the German sources, one of Attila's vassals and Dietrich von Bern's companion. He is possibly the same figure as Thidrek Valdemarsson in the Þiðreks saga. [30]