Ortnit is the eponymous protagonist of the Middle High German heroic epic Ortnit. First written down in strophic form in around 1230 by an anonymous author...

is a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems Nibelungenlied and Ortnit. He also features in the Old Norse collection of German legends called the...

early as 1230 in the closing strophe of Ortnit A, is perpetuated by the inclusion of truncated versions of Ortnit and Wolfdietrich in Dietrichs Flucht among...

afterwards serves the hero. In Ortnit, Alberich seduces the Lombardy queen, spawning the hero Ortnit. The dwarf then aids Ortnit in his adventures after revealing...

emigration from Scandinavia Agilmund, son of Agio Laiamicho (Lamissio) Ortnit The Lethings were an early dynasty from the time of Lethuc. The last ruling...

Ortnit is a dwarf of childlike-stature who turns out to be the real father of the titular hero, having raped his mother. The Alberich who aids Ortnit...

from the Theodoric cycle, and the cycle of Hugdietrich, Wolfdietrich and Ortnit. The Heldenbuch texts are thus based on medieval German literature, but...

is closely associated with another heroic epic poem of the same period, Ortnit. The two stories have distinct (if disputed) origins but they were combined...

by a dragon; Svend Grundtvig suggests that this character corresponds to Ortnit, rather than Sigurd. The Norwegian ballad of "Sigurd Svein" (NMB 177, TSB...

from the Theodoric cycle and the cycle of Hugdietrich, Wolfdietrich and Ortnit Ibong Adarna (Filipino) whose real author is not known Lilit Phra Lo (Thai:...

illustrating an important event from the poem such as Siegfried's murder or Ortnit's fight with a dragon. Other manuscripts include cycles of illustrations...

the child of the Lake Benacus. In ancient German Sagas, Garda was home to Ortnit. Around Lake Garda there are 26 comuni, the most populated being Desenzano...

a dwarf. He features most prominently in the poems Nibelungenlied and Ortnit This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an...

Lombardy, modern Veneto. The home of Hildebrand and the capital of Ortnit. Ortnit's analogue in the Þiðreks saga is instead associated with Novgorod (Holmgarðr)...

indicating "the most excellent." The sword of Ortnit and Wolfdietrich. The sword is given to him by Alberich. After Ortnit is killed by the dragon, the sword is...

inheritance is broken first by Ortnit, who is killed by a dragon, but the succession is restored by Wolfdietrich, who marries Ortnit's widow and becomes king...

figure Ilya Muromets. Uncle of Ortnit. He helps Ortnit in his question to acquire a bride from the heathen king Machorel; Ortnit is forced to prevent him from...

woman from runze ("wrinkle"). A giantess who is killed by Ortnit. She is the aunt of Ecke. Ortnit, Wolfdietrich, Eckenlied, Heldenbuch-Prosa Ruodlieb Latin:...

In Ortnit, he is a ruler of an underground kingdom in Lombardy and the father of Ortnit, to whose mother he had given a magic ring; he helps Ortnit win...

names. Mother of Sigurd/Siegfried. In Dietrichs Flucht, also the sister of Ortnit. In Norse tradition, she is the daughter of king Eylimi, and she gives birth...

("guardian"). In Ortnit, Gerwart aids Ortnit on his bridal quest. In Wolfdietrich, he claims that he has slain the dragon that killed Ortnit in order to claim...

and giants. Closely connected to the Dietrich epics, the combined epics Ortnit and Wolfdietrich (both c. 1230) have unclear connections to the Migration...

seek Dietrich von Bern. He is dressed by her in the golden armor of king Ortnit. Ecke finds Dietrich in Tyrol; Dietrich is unwilling to fight him, but Ecke...

a further sense of "person"). A giant, he brings the dragon eggs into Ortnit's kingdom on behalf of Machorel. He is married to the giantess Runze. In...

surviving manuscript) Biterolf und Dietleib (sole surviving manuscript) Ortnit (manuscript A) Wolfdietrich A (sole surviving manuscript) Die böse Frau...

details from the poem, as do a version of the Rosengarten zu Worms and of Ortnit. A single manuscript fragment of Hürnen Seyfrid is known: discovered in...

something also often speculated upon for another text of German heroic poetry, Ortnit. The Wunderer was adapted into a Nuremberg carnival play, possibly by Hans...

dragon blood. It is the same armor that Emperor Ortnit wore when he rode out to fight dragons: Ortnit fell into a magic sleep, however, and was dragged...