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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.
Creatures found in the legends and folktales of German-speaking countries such as Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
a made-for television movie on the Sci Fi Channel (United States). Beowulf: 2007 a DVD release of a performance of Beowulf by Benjamin Bagby in the original Old English Beowulf: 2007 an animated film directed by Robert Zemeckis and created through motion capture, a technique similar to that used by Zemeckis in The Polar Express.
Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was a key element of Germanic paganism .
Middle High German: Nagelrinc, Old Norse: Naglringr: First element OHG nagal, OE nægl, ON nagl ("nail"), a common Germanic name for swords. Possibly means "sword with a ring attached to it." [44] Háma's (Heime's) sword. In the Þidreks saga, made by the dwarf Alberich. [44] Nægling: Old English: Nægling: See Nagelring, [45] above. Beowulf's ...
Generally, mythical elements are more common in later rather than earlier Norse material: for instance, appearances of Odin are more common in the Völsunga saga than in the heroic poems of the Poetic Edda. [27] The exact relationship between myth and legend is unclear, and it is also possible for mythological beings to be euhemerized as heroes ...
"Frau Holle" (/ ˈ f r aʊ ˈ h ɒ l /; German: [fʁaʊ ˈhɔlə]; also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812 (KHM 24).
It shares many characteristics with Nordic folklore and English folklore due to their origins in a common Germanic mythology.It reflects a similar mix of influences: a pre-Christian pantheon and other beings equivalent to those of Norse mythology; magical characters (sometimes recognizably pre-Christian) associated with Christian festivals, and various regional 'character' stories.