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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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
- Âventiure 25). They are
called sjókonar ("sea women") in the Old
Norse Þiđreks saga.
There is a swan
maiden tale
motif involved here (Hagen robs their...
- 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...
-
Frotho I. Furthermore,
there are many
sagas with
dragons in them,
including Þiðreks saga, Övarr-Odds saga, and Sigrgarðs saga frækna. The ****ociation between...
- Icelandic, the term
linnormr was used to
translate German sources to
produce Þiðreks saga (an Old
Norse chivalric saga
adapted from the
Continent from the late...
- implacable, and violent, and in two accounts, one-e****.
According to the
Thidreks saga,
Hagen was Gunnar's (senior?) half-brother. Not
fully human, though...
