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...
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Germanic heroic legend (German: germanische Heldensage) is the heroic literary tradition of the Germanic-speaking peoples, most of which originates or...
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ISBN 978-0-8153-1785-2. Gillespie, George T. (1973). Catalogue of Persons Named in German Heroic Literature, 700-1600: Including Named Animals and Objects...
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William J. (1959). The Geographical and Ethnic Names in the Þíðriks Saga: A Study in Germanic Heroic Legend. Mouton & co. Seven Viking Romances. Translated...
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03804 4. Ghosh, Shami (2007). "On the origins of Germanic heroic poetry: a case study of the legend of the Burgundians". Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen...
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publisher (link) Ghosh, Shami (2007). "On the origins of Germanic heroic poetry: a case study of the legend of the Burgundians". Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen...
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Elgfróði (category Characters in Norse mythology)
In Germanic heroic legend, Elgfróði (Elk-Fróði) is the half-man, half-elk elder brother of the hero Bödvar Bjarki and Thorir Houndsfoot. The name is also...
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heroic legends are already found in Jordanes' Getica (c. 551). The close link between Germanic heroic legend and Germanic language and possibly poetic devices...
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Epic poetry (redirect from Heroic poetry)
Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52673-9. de Vries, Jan (1978). Heroic Song and Heroic Legend. ISBN 0-405-10566-5...
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Dwarf (folklore) (redirect from Dwarf (Germanic mythology))
A dwarf (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Accounts of dwarfs vary significantly throughout history; however...
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one of the Five Ages of Man. Germanic Heroic Age, 4th and 5th centuries AD, period of early historic or quasi-historic events reflected in Germanic heroic...
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or heroic beings that these particular cultures believed to be true and that often use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the...
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Widsith (redirect from Tribes of Widsith)
legendary figures of the Germanic past". Historically, we know that one speaker could not travel to see all of these nations in one lifetime. In a similar...
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Greek mythology (redirect from Greek legend)
contradictory tales of the poets and provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends.: 1 Apollodorus of Athens lived from c...
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Hengist and Horsa (category English heroic legends)
Hengist and Horsa are Germanic brothers said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their supposed invasion of Britain in the 5th century. Tradition[clarification...
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Huns (category Invasions of Europe)
roles of antagonists, as well as in Germanic heroic legend, where the Huns are variously antagonists or allies to the Germanic main figures. In Hungary...
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Beowulf (redirect from Date of Beowulf)
in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of...
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Irish mythology (redirect from Irish legend)
Aided Chlainne Lir ("Children of Lir"). The Ulster Cycle consists of heroic legends relating to the Ulaid, the most important of which is the epic Táin Bó...
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Valkyrie (redirect from Choosers of the Slain)
that due to the shift of concept, the valkyries became popular figures in heroic poetry, and during this transition were stripped of their "demonic characteristics...
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Celtic mythology (redirect from Celtic legend)
Ireland, and the Aided Chlainne Lir ("Children of Lir"). The Ulster Cycle consists of heroic legends about the Ulaid. It focuses on the mythical Ulster...
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Welsh mythology (redirect from Welsh legend)
guidelines in storymaking, such as the Triads of the Island of Britain, which led tales to be based on mythological, historical and heroic themes. The...
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Albanian folk beliefs (redirect from Albanian legend)
beliefs expressed in the customs, rituals, myths, legends and tales of the Albanian people. The elements of Albanian mythology are of ancient Paleo-Balkanic...
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Chinese mythology (redirect from Chinese legend)
version of Chang'e with the name changed due to a naming taboo. Chang'e is modern. In mythology it was said that Chang'e had been married to the heroic archer...
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European dragon (category Medieval legends)
dragon or serpent. The most famous lindworm in Norse and Germanic mythology is Fafnir. The Germanic stories of lindworms have them guarding a treasure hoard...
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Myth (redirect from Heroic myth)
legends, and history together, considering myths and legends to be factual accounts of their remote past. In particular, creation myths take place in...
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Elf (category Articles with text in Germanic languages)
elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic...
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Mythological objects encompass a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armor, clothing) found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion, spirituality...
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English literature (redirect from Literature in English)
example of Old English poetry. It is also one of the earliest recorded examples of sustained poetry in a Germanic language. The poem, The Dream of the Rood...
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Proto-Indo-European mythology (redirect from Death of a son)
wealth of the community) in Germanic legends may also be a reflex of the original myth of the serpent holding waters. In Zoroastrianism and in Persian...
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