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Name Name meaning Attested consorts and sexual partners Attested children Attestations Baduhenna (Latinized Germanic) Badu-, may be cognate to Proto-Germanic *badwa-meaning "battle." The second portion of the name -henna may be related to -henae, which appears commonly in the names of matrons. [1] None attested: None attested: Tacitus's Annals ...
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:
The most important sources on Germanic mythology, however, are works of Old Norse literature, most of which were written down in the Icelandic Commonwealth during the Middle Ages; of particular importance is the Poetic Edda. [1] Archaeological evidence, Runic inscriptions and place-names are also useful sources on Germanic mythology. [1]
Eugen Mogk provides an alternative etymology, attributing the origin of the name Perchta to the Old High German verb pergan, meaning 'hidden' or 'covered'. [1] The exact origin or time of origin is unknown. Perchta is often identified as stemming from the same Germanic goddess as Holda and other female figures of Germanic folklore (see Frija ...
Like elves, dwarfs are beings of Germanic lower mythology. They are mostly male and imagined as a collective; [141] however, individual named dwarfs also play an important role in Norse mythology. [142] In Norse and German texts, dwarfs live in mountains and are known as great smiths and craftsmen.
In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery.They are also referred to with many other names meaning "prophetess", "staff bearer" and "sorceress", and they are frequently called witches both in early sources and in modern scholarship.
The Spindelholle is a sallow [19] old woman [22] with short arms and legs, [21] sometimes directly called a hag. [21] She appears hooded (characterized by the name Popelhole [22] or Popelhôle; [21] Standard German: Popelholle; English translation: "hooded Holle" [22]) or wearing ragged clothing (as shown by the name variant Zumpeldrulle [22] or
A West Germanic spring goddess associated with a festival held in her name during the 'Easter-month', *Austro-mēnōþ, equivalent to modern 'April'. [3] The matronae Austriahenae, if Germanic, derive from the same stem. [4] The Old English and Old High German forms are the origin of the modern holiday names Easter and Ostern, respectively. [5]