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Þiðreks saga af Bern ('the saga of Þiðrekr of Bern',
sometimes Thidrekssaga or
Thidreks saga in English) is an Old
Norse saga that
collects almost all...
- in the Old
Norse sources Völundarkviða (a poem in the
Poetic Edda) and
Þiðreks saga. In them,
Wayland is a
smith who is
enslaved by a king.
Wayland takes...
- on
Þiðrek's shield. Viðga then cut off
Þiðrek's lance and they
continued on foot with
their swords.
Finally Viðga's fake
Mimung shattered on
Þiðrek's sword...
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Notes on the
Þiðreks saga: As
names in the
Þiðreks saga
typically adapt a
German name, only
figures that are not
attested outside of the
Þiðreks saga are...
- of Bertangenland. One day
Thidrek (Dietrich von Bern)
comes to Bertangenland; he
fights against Sigurd for
three days.
Thidrek is
unable to
wound Sigurd...
- happen, Sigurð
first wields Gram and cuts off Reginn's head. The
Norwegian Þiðreks saga
relates a
slightly different tale, with
Reginn as the
dragon and Mimir...
-
Haymes tr. (1988), p. 270: "The End of
Vidga and
Thidrek,
according to the
Swedish Chronicle of
Thidrek", Ch. 439.
Vidga takes up
residence in Sjaland....
-
dragon is
normally viewed by
scholars as the
German equivalent of Fáfnir.
Þiðreks saga
gives an
account of Sigurð
killing a
dragon that
shows similarities...
- by
Thidrek (Dietrich von Bern). He
loses in
combat against one of King Isung's sons, but is
freed once
Thidrek defeats Sigurd (Siegfried).
Thidrek and...
- Egil is a
legendary hero of the Völundarkviða and the
Thidreks saga. The name is from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz, and the same
legend is
reflected in Old English...
