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List Of Germanic Heroes
The figures in the lists below are listed either by the name of their article on Wikipedia or, if there is no article, according to the name by which they are most commonly attested. A few figures widely known by an English, German and a Norse name will list both. As much as possible, names that vary greatly in different traditions indicate where the main entry is to be found. Notes on the ''Þiðreks saga'': #As names in the ''Þiðreks saga'' typically adapt a German name, only figures that are not attested outside of the ''Þiðreks saga'' are listed under that name, even if most information on the figure is from the ''Þiðreks saga''. #Because the ''Þiðreks saga'' is based on German sources, it is counted as a German attestation. Excluded from the list are: #figures who are only mentioned as a relative, or in a list, may not have been included. #figures who have been multiplicated in e.g. ''Gesta Danorum'' and ''Skjöldunga saga'', such as the many Fróðis and Halfdans (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Figures In Germanic Heroic Legend, H–He
H }, gmh, Hâche, non, Áki Aurlungatrausti , Kemp Malone suggested that the name represented Achiulf (''*Hāhiwulf''), father of Ermanaric. , The name is probably based on Gmc ''*hanha-'', OHG ''hâhan'' ("to hang"). The Norse form in the ''Þiðreks saga'' is not cognate, see Áki1 , In German tradition the father of Eckehart, protector of the Harlungen. In the ''Þiðreks saga'', he is the father of their analogues. He also kills Earl Iron, who was the lover of his unfaithful wife Bolfriana. She marries Widege (Vithga) after he dies. In ''Widsith'', he is mentioned in the same line as the Harlungen and as the head of Ermanaric's retinue. In ''Wolfdietrich'', he aids Wolfdietrich and kills his brothers Bauge and Wachsmut who sought to disinherit their brother. , ''Widsith'' , , ''Þiðreks saga'', ''Biterolf und Dietleib'', ''Wolfdietrich'', ''Heldenbuch-Prosa'' , - , Hadawardus , la, Hadawardus , Wilhelm Grimm suggests that he may have been the same individual as H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People, Clan, And Place Names In Germanic Heroic Legend
Names only appearing in ''Widsith'' with no further information are excluded from the list. A-C }, non, Aumlungar, ang, Amulinga in Alfred the Great's translation of Boethius. , The Gothic Amal dynasty, to which Theodoric the Great and Ermanaric belonged. Name probably derived from Gothic *amals (bravery, vigor). The medieval versions add the suffix ''-ung'' indicating "belonging to". ''Amelungenland'' (ON ''Amlungaland'') refers to Dietrich's kingdom in northern Italy (see also Lombardy). , In Middle High German epic, used for Dietrich von Bern's relatives. This name is used exclusively and instead of the term "Goth". In ''Dietrichs Flucht'' and ''Rabenschlacht'', Dietrich's followers are split between Amelungs and Wolfings, whereas in the ''Nibelungenlied'', all his followers are Amelungs. The ''Þiðreks saga'' confuses ''Amlungaland'' with the land of the Harlungen, who in German sources are associated with Breisach and the south Rhine. , - , Amoþingas , , See Hinnøy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
