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The heroic legends are traditionally defined according to the geographic location that scholars believe first produced the legend: there is thus continental heroic legend from Germany and the European continent, North Germanic (Scandinavian) heroic legend, and English heroic legend originating in Anglo-Saxon England.
The 9th c. Rök runestone lists names of Germanic heroes and events, but the significance of most of them is nowadays lost. 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.
Middle High German: Amelunge, Old Norse: Aumlungar, Old English: Amulinga in Alfred the Great's translation of Boethius. [1] The Gothic Amal dynasty, to which Theodoric the Great and Ermanaric belonged. Name probably derived from Gothic *amals (bravery, vigor). [1] The medieval versions add the suffix -ung indicating "belonging to". [2]
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 ...
The name is a quasi-Latinate version of the German ethnic name Wilze (the Veleti). [104] The king of the Veleti in Þiðreks saga, against whom Dietrich von Bern fights on behalf of Attila. A story in Gesta Danorum about Starkad defeating a king "Wasce" in Poland may reflect the same legend. [104]
The first element in the Middle High German name is hart ("hard"). [189] The name is probably of West Germanic origin, as no other Norse name contains the element *nīþ-, but it is common in the south. [191] In Völundarkviða, king of the Njárar, in Sweden, but in Þiðreks saga, a ruler in Jutland. Nithhad hamstrings Wayland the smith and ...
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
"Finn," [18] referring to the nomadic non-Germanic inhabitants of Scandinavia. From PGmc *fënþan ("to go"), cf. OHG fẹndo ("one who goes by foot"). [19] The name is probably of North Germanic origin, but can be found in West Germanic place names. He has been connected with the Scandinavian legend of the giant mason Finn in Sweden. [20]