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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 (corresponding to only one ''Froda'' and one ''Healfdene'' in the older ''Beowulf''), may be treated in the same entry.
#figures who only appear in a Danish chronicle, such as ''Gesta Danorum'', or are only mentioned in legendary sagas that are not part of the ''Heroic sagas''The heroic sagas: ''Völsunga saga'', ''Norna-Gests þáttr'', ''Hervarar saga'', ''Hrólfs saga kraka'', ''Sǫgubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum'', and ''Ásmundar saga kappabana'' may not have been included.
#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
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 (corresponding to only one ''Froda'' and one ''Healfdene'' in the older ''Beowulf''), may be treated in the same entry.
#figures who only appear in a Danish chronicle, such as ''Gesta Danorum'', or are only mentioned in legendary sagas that are not part of the ''Heroic sagas''The heroic sagas: ''Völsunga saga'', ''Norna-Gests þáttr'', ''Hervarar saga'', ''Hrólfs saga kraka'', ''Sǫgubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum'', and ''Ásmundar saga kappabana'' may not have been included.
#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
In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabited Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literat ...
, it includes other entities stemming from Germanic folklore
Proto-Germanic folklore is the folklore of the speakers of Proto-Germanic and includes topics such as the Germanic mythology, legendry, and folk beliefs of early Germanic culture. By way of the comparative method, Germanic philologists, a variety ...
that appear in the legends (such as valkyrie
In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"Orchard (1997: ...
s, dwarf
Dwarf or dwarves may refer to:
Common uses
*Dwarf (folklore), a being from Germanic mythology and folklore
* Dwarf, a person or animal with dwarfism
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* Dwarf (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a humanoid ...
s, giant
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 fr ...
s, and jötnar).
Lists of figures in Germanic heroic legend
* List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, B–C * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, D–E * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, F–G * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, H–He * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, Hi–Hy * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, I–O * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, P–S * List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, T–YOther lists
* List of Beowulf characters *List of named animals and plants in Germanic heroic legend
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, "Child trunk".
, A tree in Völsung's hall in the ''Völsunga saga.
, It is noted in connection to Barnstokkr that family trees are still a living tradition in Norway and Sweden, where a centrally positioned tree is “the symbolic centre ...
* List of named weapons, armour and treasures in Germanic heroic legend
* List of people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
Notes
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