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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).
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.
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 only occurs in the Þiðreks saga, but other indications suggest that the Ecke legend was placed on the Rhine in German tradition. [70] Dunheiðr Old Norse: Dúnheiðr: Most scholars of Germanic languages have derived the name from *Dūnabisheiðr, the "Danube heath" or the "Danube plain".
"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]
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
Old English: Hōc, Middle High German: Hûc: The name is from *χōkaz ("hook"). [94] The father of Hnæf and Hildeburh in Beowulf. He is briefly referenced as a Danish king in medieval German epic. [95] The legend of Hoc and his son Hnæf was so widespread that they were included in an 8th c. Alemannic ducal line. [90]